Police Encounters as Stressors: Associations with Depression and Anxiety across Race
Police Encounters as Stressors: Associations with Depression and Anxiety across Race
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DOI：
10.1177/2378023121998128
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发表时间：
2021-01-01
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影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
McClain, Malcolm
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作者：
Alang, Sirry;McAlpine, Donna;McClain, Malcolm
压力研究人员强调了社会压力与心理健康之间的关系。然而，将警察暴行作为压力源的研究却很少。作者将警察的暴行视为一种压力源，并研究了其对心理健康影响的种族差异。数据来自美国城市居民健康调查（n = 4,389）。研究发现，与警察的负面接触与情绪低落和焦虑有关。与白人相比，黑人受访者和拉丁裔受访者遭遇警察与抑郁情绪之间的关系更强。无论个人与警察的接触如何，警察暴行的预期压力（担心一个人可能成为警察暴行的受害者）都与抑郁和焦虑有关。这些发现强调了警察的暴行是一种预期的压力源，并对白人作为一种免受负面警察遭遇压力的资源产生了影响。
Stress researchers have emphasized the relationship between social stress and mental health. However, research investigating police brutality as a stressor is scarce. The authors conceptualize police brutality as a stressor, examining racial variation in its effects on mental health. Data came from the Survey of the Health of Urban Residents in the United States (n = 4,389). Negative encounters with the police were found to be associated with depressed mood and anxiety. The relationship between encounters with the police and depressed mood was stronger among Black respondents and Latinxs compared with Whites. Regardless of personal encounters with the police, the anticipatory stress of police brutality-concern that one might become a victim of police brutality-was associated with depression and anxiety. These findings highlight police brutality as an anticipatory stressor and have implications for whiteness as a resource that protects from the stress of negative police encounters.