Justice for all? Beliefs about justice for self and others and telomere length in African Americans.
Justice for all? Beliefs about justice for self and others and telomere length in African Americans.
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为所有人伸张正义？
DOI：
10.1037/cdp0000212
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Lumley,MarkA
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作者：
Lucas,Todd;Woerner,Jacqueline;Pierce,Jennifer;Granger,DouglasA;Lin,Jue;Epel,ElissaS;Assari,Shervin;Lumley,MarkA
相信正义可以保护健康。然而，在被边缘化的少数民族中，赞同和反对正义的信念可能都是至关重要的。目前的研究调查了非洲裔美国人对自我和他人正义的信念与端粒长度（TL）之间的联系-端粒长度是生物衰老的指标，越来越多地与种族健康差异有关，端粒较短表明健康状况较差。（N= 118; 30%男性; M年龄= 31.63岁）完成了对自我和他人的正义信念的个体差异测量，然后提供了用于TL检测的干血斑样本。自我公正信念与目标语正相关，而他人公正信念与目标语负相关。一个显着的3向互动与实际年龄证实了这一假设，在老年非裔美国人，TL是积极的相信正义的自我，但只有当这种信念是伴随着一个弱的认可的信仰正义为others.ConclusionFindings强调，对于少数民族，健康可能是最好的保护时，正义的信念都赞同和回绝。
ObjectiveBelieving in justice can protect health. Among marginalized racial minorities however, both endorsing and rejecting beliefs about justice might be critical. The current research examined links between African Americans’ beliefs about justice for self and for others and telomere length (TL)—an indicator of biological aging that is increasingly implicated in racial health disparities, with shorter telomeres indicating poorer health.MethodHealthy African Americans (N= 118; 30% male; M age= 31.63 years) completed individual differences measures of justice beliefs for self and others and then provided dried blood spot samples that were assayed for TL.ResultsWe expected that a belief in justice for self would be positively associated with TL, whereas a belief in justice for others would be negatively associated. A significant 3-way interaction with chronological age confirmed this hypothesis—among older African Americans, TL was positively associated with believing in justice for self, but only when this belief was accompanied by a weak endorsement of the belief in justice for others.ConclusionFindings underscore that for racial minorities, health might be best protected when justice beliefs are both endorsed and rebuffed.