Cultural Racism-Related Stress in Black Caribbean Immigrants: Examining the Predictive Roles of Length of Residence and Racial Identity
Cultural Racism-Related Stress in Black Caribbean Immigrants: Examining the Predictive Roles of Length of Residence and Racial Identity
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10.1177/0095798413493926
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发表时间：
2014-10-01
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5.2
通讯作者：
Hunter, Carla D.
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作者：
Case, Andrew D.;Hunter, Carla D.
学者们认为，随着居住时间的延长，美国的背景对黑人移民产生了不利影响(例如，通过与种族主义有关的压力)。然而，随着时间的推移，种族主义相关压力增加的心理机制尚不清楚。种族认同学术提供了理由，怀疑黑人移民的种族身份可能部分解释了这些增长。在这项研究中，美国黑人和加勒比黑人移民(N=171)对文化种族主义相关的压力和种族认同的“认同”(种族群体成员身份对自我概念的重要性)部分做出了反应。我们期望认同的重要性：(A)积极预测两个群体的文化种族主义相关压力；(B)在加勒比黑人移民中居留时间长短与文化种族主义相关压力之间的联系。尽管认同重要性在不同群体之间没有显著的均值差异，但认同只在美国黑人中预测与种族主义相关的文化压力。在加勒比黑人移民中，身份不是一个中介，但居住时间长短对文化种族主义相关压力有积极的预测作用。这两个群体的结果差异可能表明加勒比黑人移民和美国黑人在种族认同功能上的重要差异。
Scholars maintain that with greater length of residence, the U.S. context adversely affects Black immigrants (e.g., via racism-related stress). Yet, the psychological mechanisms that account for increases in racism-related stress over time are unclear. Racial identity scholarship provides reason to suspect Black immigrants' racial identities may partially explain these increases. In this study, Black Americans and Black Caribbean immigrants (N = 171) responded to measures of cultural racism-related stress and the "identity" (importance of racial group membership to the self-concept) component of racial identity. We expected identity importance to (a) positively predict cultural racism-related stress for both populations and (b) mediate the association between length of residence and cultural racism-related stress in Black Caribbean immigrants. Although no significant mean difference in identity importance existed between groups, identity predicted cultural racism-related stress only in Black Americans. In Black Caribbean immigrants, identity was not a mediator, but length of residence positively predicted cultural racism-related stress. Differences in results across the two populations may indicate important distinctions in racial identity function between Black Caribbean immigrants and Black Americans.