TY - JOUR
T1 - Dimensions of perceived racism and self-reported health
T2 - Examination of racial/ethnic differences and potential mediators
AU - Brondolo, Elizabeth
AU - Hausmann, Leslie R.M.
AU - Jhalani, Juhee
AU - Pencille, Melissa
AU - Atencio-Bacayon, Jennifer
AU - Kumar, Asha
AU - Kwok, Jasmin
AU - Ullah, Jahanara
AU - Roth, Alan
AU - Chen, Daniel
AU - Crupi, Robert
AU - Schwartz, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was funded in part by seed grants from St. John's University and by minority supplements from NHLBI grant no. R01 HL065890 to the first author. This material is the result of work partially supported by resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Hausmann was supported by VA Health Services Research and Development Career Development Awards (RCD 06-287 & ER 0280-1).
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Background: Many details of the negative relationship between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and health are poorly understood. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between perceived discrimination and self-reported health, identify dimensions of discrimination that drive this relationship, and explore psychological mediators. Methods: Asian, Black, and Latino(a) adults (N=734) completed measures of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, self-reported health, depression, anxiety, and cynical hostility. Results: The association between perceived discrimination and poor self-reported health was significant and did not differ across racial/ethnic subgroups. Race-related social exclusion and threat/harassment uniquely contributed to poor health for all groups. Depression, anxiety, and cynical hostility fully mediated the effect of social exclusion on health, but did not fully explain the effect of threat. Conclusions: Our results suggest that noxious effects of race-related exclusion and threat transcend between-group differences in discriminatory experiences. The effects of race-related exclusion and threat on health, however, may operate through different mechanisms.
AB - Background: Many details of the negative relationship between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and health are poorly understood. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between perceived discrimination and self-reported health, identify dimensions of discrimination that drive this relationship, and explore psychological mediators. Methods: Asian, Black, and Latino(a) adults (N=734) completed measures of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, self-reported health, depression, anxiety, and cynical hostility. Results: The association between perceived discrimination and poor self-reported health was significant and did not differ across racial/ethnic subgroups. Race-related social exclusion and threat/harassment uniquely contributed to poor health for all groups. Depression, anxiety, and cynical hostility fully mediated the effect of social exclusion on health, but did not fully explain the effect of threat. Conclusions: Our results suggest that noxious effects of race-related exclusion and threat transcend between-group differences in discriminatory experiences. The effects of race-related exclusion and threat on health, however, may operate through different mechanisms.
KW - Depression
KW - Ethnic discrimination
KW - Health
KW - Meditation
KW - Racism
KW - Self-reported health
KW - Social exclusion
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U2 - 10.1007/s12160-011-9265-1
DO - 10.1007/s12160-011-9265-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 21374099
AN - SCOPUS:79960598363
SN - 0883-6612
VL - 42
SP - 14
EP - 28
JO - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 1
ER -
