Coping Strategies as Moderators of the Relation Between Individual Race-Related Stress and Mental Health Symptoms for African American Women
Coping Strategies as Moderators of the Relation Between Individual Race-Related Stress and Mental Health Symptoms for African American Women
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DOI：
10.1177/0361684311399388
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发表时间：
2011-06-01
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4
通讯作者：
Greer, Tawanda M.
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作者：
Greer, Tawanda M.
这项调查的目的是在 128 名非裔美国女性样本中检验应对策略作为个体种族相关压力与心理健康症状之间关系的调节因素。应对策略是指用于解决问题的努力以及用于管理、忍受或减轻痛苦的努力。当前的研究检查了特定于文化的策略（即文化群体成员常用的努力）。假设特定文化的努力会影响与个人种族相关压力相关的心理症状的严重程度，因此频繁使用特定文化的努力会减弱种族相关压力和心理症状之间关系的强度。适度的层次回归分析显示，大量使用以仪式为中心的策略来解决种族相关压力与严重焦虑和人际敏感性有关。没有发现应对策略对抑郁、强迫症和躯体化症状有调节作用。研究结果表明，非裔美国女性可能会无意中利用应对措施来增加与个人种族相关压力相关的心理症状的严重程度。心理健康专业人员应该探索与应对非裔美国女性种族相关压力的努力相关的潜在情绪。
The purpose of this investigation was to examine coping strategies as moderators of the relationship between individual race-related stress and mental health symptoms among a sample of 128 African American women. Coping strategies refer to efforts used to resolve problems and those used to manage, endure, or alleviate distress. Culture-specific strategies were examined in the current study (i.e., efforts that are commonly used by members of a cultural group). Culture-specific efforts were hypothesized to influence the severity of psychological symptoms associated with individual race-related stress, such that frequent use of culture-specific efforts would lessen the strength of the relationship between race-related stress and psychological symptoms. Moderated hierarchical regression analyses revealed that high use of ritual-centered strategies to address race-related stress was related to severe anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity. No moderating effect of coping strategies was found for depression, obsessive-compulsion, and somatization symptoms. The findings suggest that African American women may inadvertently utilize coping efforts that serve to increase the severity of psychological symptoms related to individual race-related stress. Mental health professionals should explore underlying emotions related to coping efforts utilized to address race-related stress among African American women.