Stress, Identity, and Mental Health

描述(申请人提供)：被污名化群体的成员暴露在与偏见有关的社会压力源中，这可能会增加他们出现心理健康问题的风险。他们通过大量的应对反应来应对这些压力源，这些应对反应可以保护他们免受压力的不利影响。基于社会和心理社会特征的少数民族身份认同在定义一个人的自我时很重要。因此，这些地区的压力源可能会影响不同少数民族人口的心理健康。身份认同本身可能与心理健康有关-消极的自我认同可能会引发心理健康问题-通过与社会应激源的互动-与突出身份认同相关的压力可能比与外围身份认同相关的压力产生更多的负面影响。它的目的是描述影响少数群体的社会压力源，探索用于应对这些社会压力源的应对和社会支持资源，并评估少数群体认同特征对压力和心理健康问题的关联的影响。该项目具有理论和实践意义：理论上，它有望通过考虑身份在其中的作用来加深我们对压力研究的理解，并通过建立压力和应对的公式来加强对污名的社会心理学研究。实际上，它可以将我们引向可以成为公共卫生和临床干预目标的领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Members of stigmatized groups are exposed to social stressors related to prejudice that may increase their risk for mental health problems. They confront these stressors by engaging in a multitude of coping responses that can protect them from the adverse effects of stress. Minority identities based on social and psychosocial characteristics are important in defining one's self. Stressors in these areas may therefore affect mental health of diverse minority populations. Identities may be related to mental health both on their own -- e.g., negative self-identity may induce mental health problems --- and through interaction with social stressors --- e.g., stress related to a prominent identity may have more adverse effects than stress related to peripheral identities. It aims to describe social stressors that affect minority populations, explore the coping and social support resources used to confront these social stressors, and assess the impact of minority identity characteristics on the association of stress and mental health problems. The project has both theoretical and practical significance: Theoretically, it promises to enhance our understanding of stress research by considering the role of identity therein, and to enhance social psychological research on stigma, by building on formulations of stress and coping. Practically, it can direct us toward areas that could be targeted for public health and clinical interventions.