Stress, Identity, and Mental Health

描述（由申请人提供）：被污名化群体的成员暴露在与偏见相关的社会压力源中，这可能会增加他们出现精神健康问题的风险。他们通过参与多种应对反应来面对这些压力源，这些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群体身份对于定义一个人的自我很重要。因此，这些领域的压力源可能影响不同少数民族人口的心理健康。身份本身可能与心理健康相关——例如，消极的自我认同可能导致心理健康问题——以及通过与社会压力源的相互作用——例如，与突出身份相关的压力可能比与外围身份相关的压力产生更多的不利影响。本研究旨在描述影响少数民族人群的社会压力源，探索应对这些社会压力源的社会支持资源，并评估少数民族身份特征对压力与心理健康问题关联的影响。该项目具有理论和实践意义：理论上，它承诺通过考虑身份在压力研究中的作用来加强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耻辱的社会心理学研究。实际上，它可以引导我们找到公共卫生和临床干预的目标领域。

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.