Perceived racism, affectivity, and C-reactive protein in healthy African Americans: Do religiosity and racial identity provide complementary protection?
Perceived racism, affectivity, and C-reactive protein in healthy African Americans: Do religiosity and racial identity provide complementary protection?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10865-020-00146-1
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发表时间：
2020-03-16
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Lucas, Todd
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作者：
Drolet, Caroline E.;Lucas, Todd
种族主义导致非裔美国人心血管疾病（CVD）的差异。因此，保护免受种族主义影响的心理社会因素可能反映在心血管疾病风险指标中，包括C反应蛋白（CRP）。目前的横断面研究检查CRP是否与宗教信仰和种族认同有关，这两种文化上的个体差异可以防止种族主义的有害影响。健康的非裔美国人完成了日常种族主义，宗教强度（衡量宗教/精神的重要性）和种族中心性（衡量种族认同强度）的自我报告措施。我们测量了阳性和阴性的影响作为结果（N = 534），我们收集了CRP的干血斑测量（N = 118）。宗教强度和种族中心独立与更大的积极情感，互动与消极情感和CRP-当感知到的种族主义是高的，强烈认同的非洲裔美国人有显着较高的CRP，但较低的消极情感，当他们也在宗教强度低。结果强调，宗教信仰和种族认同可能会相互保护免受种族主义的影响，并可能在CVD差异中发挥作用。
Perceived racism contributes to cardiovascular disease (CVD) disparities among African Americans. Psychosocial factors that protect against the effects of perceived racism therefore may be reflected by indicators of CVD risk, including C-reactive protein (CRP). The current cross-sectional study examined whether CRP is linked to religiosity and racial identity-two culturally-enshrined individual differences that can protect against the harmful effects of racism. Healthy African Americans completed self-report measures of everyday racism, religious intensity (a measure of the importance of religion/spirituality), and racial centrality (a measure of racial identity strength). We measured positive and negative affectivity as outcomes (N = 534), and we collected a dried bloodspot measure of CRP (N = 118). Religious intensity and racial centrality were independently associated with greater positive affectivity, and interactively associated with negative affectivity and CRP-when perceived racism was high, strongly identified African Americans had significantly higher CRP, but lower negative affectivity, when they were also low in religious intensity. Results highlight that religiosity and racial identity may interactively protect against the effects of racism and may play a role in CVD disparities.