Courtney S Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 358854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Courtney S Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Courtney S |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kentucky |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 191 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Is the Black-White Mental Health Paradox Consistent Across Gender and Psychiatric Disorders?
This study assessed whether the black-white mental health epidemiologic paradox (i.e., blacks' lower or similar rates of mental disorder relative to whites) extends across 12 lifetime and past-year psychiatric disorders and whether it varies with gender. We used data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication and the National Survey of American Life, 2001-2003 (n = 4,584 black and 6,668 non-Hispanic white persons). Results showed overwhelmi…
Discrimination, Serious Psychological Distress, and Church-Based Emotional Support Among African American Men Across the Life Span
This is the first study to document relationships among discrimination, SPD, and church-based support in a nationally representative sample of African American men. Overall, rather than revealing a stress-buffering function, findings were consistent with the resource mobilization perspective of social support, indicating that higher levels of assistance from church networks are provided when individuals experience high levels of both discriminati…
Race, Emotional Reliance, and Mental Health
Prior research shows that emotional reliance, an indicator of interpersonal dependence, is an important psychosocial risk factor for mental health problems. However, few have considered black-white differences in emotional reliance or the role it may play in racial variations in mental health outcomes. Using a community epidemiologic sample of adults in Nashville, Tennessee, the current study builds on the small literature on emotional reliance b…
Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Men Across the Adult Lifecourse
Everyday discrimination is a more consistent predictor, relative to major discrimination, of depressive symptoms among African American men across the lifecourse, although there were age and/or cohort differences. Findings also demonstrate the synergistic, or additive, impact of multiple forms of discrimination on mental health
Self-identified race, socially assigned skin tone, and adult physiological dysregulation: Assessing multiple dimensions of “race” in health disparities research
Childhood adversity and adult health: Evaluating intervening mechanisms
Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age
This study examines how the intersecting consequences of race-ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics status (SES), and age influence health inequality. We draw on multiple-hierarchy stratification and life course perspectives to address two main research questions. First, does racial-ethnic stratification of health vary by gender and/or SES? More specifically, are the joint health consequences of racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic stratification…
A New Look at the Black Middle Class: Research Trends and Challenges
This article proposes a new look at the black middle class; continued study of this group and their dually privileged, yet marginalized, statuses may provide further insight into the mechanisms by which race and class continue to act as systems of stratification. This work highlights significant contributions of black middle class research and areas for growth within urban sociology, education and work, and medical sociology. Among the challenges…
Ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk markers in children in the UK are not explained by socio-economic status: Child Heart and Health Study in England
Objectives To examine the influence of socio-economic position on type 2 diabetes risk markers in different ethnic groups and determine whether differences in socio-economic position can explain ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk. Design Cross-sectional survey of children in 200 primary schools in London, Birmingham and Leicester (Child Heart and Health Study England, or CHASE) in which standardised anthropometric and fasting blood measur…
Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age
This study examines how the intersecting consequences of race-ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics status (SES), and age influence health inequality. We draw on multiple-hierarchy stratification and life course perspectives to address two main research questions. First, does racial-ethnic stratification of health vary by gender and/or SES? More specifically, are the joint health consequences of racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic stratification…
Childhood adversity and adult health: Evaluating intervening mechanisms
Self-identified race, socially assigned skin tone, and adult physiological dysregulation: Assessing multiple dimensions of “race” in health disparities research
Discrimination, Serious Psychological Distress, and Church-Based Emotional Support Among African American Men Across the Life Span
This is the first study to document relationships among discrimination, SPD, and church-based support in a nationally representative sample of African American men. Overall, rather than revealing a stress-buffering function, findings were consistent with the resource mobilization perspective of social support, indicating that higher levels of assistance from church networks are provided when individuals experience high levels of both discriminati…
Race, Emotional Reliance, and Mental Health
Prior research shows that emotional reliance, an indicator of interpersonal dependence, is an important psychosocial risk factor for mental health problems. However, few have considered black-white differences in emotional reliance or the role it may play in racial variations in mental health outcomes. Using a community epidemiologic sample of adults in Nashville, Tennessee, the current study builds on the small literature on emotional reliance b…
Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Men Across the Adult Lifecourse
Everyday discrimination is a more consistent predictor, relative to major discrimination, of depressive symptoms among African American men across the lifecourse, although there were age and/or cohort differences. Findings also demonstrate the synergistic, or additive, impact of multiple forms of discrimination on mental health
A New Look at the Black Middle Class: Research Trends and Challenges
This article proposes a new look at the black middle class; continued study of this group and their dually privileged, yet marginalized, statuses may provide further insight into the mechanisms by which race and class continue to act as systems of stratification. This work highlights significant contributions of black middle class research and areas for growth within urban sociology, education and work, and medical sociology. Among the challenges…
Ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk markers in children in the UK are not explained by socio-economic status: Child Heart and Health Study in England
Objectives To examine the influence of socio-economic position on type 2 diabetes risk markers in different ethnic groups and determine whether differences in socio-economic position can explain ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk. Design Cross-sectional survey of children in 200 primary schools in London, Birmingham and Leicester (Child Heart and Health Study England, or CHASE) in which standardised anthropometric and fasting blood measur…
A New Look at the Black Middle Class: Research Trends and Challenges
This article proposes a new look at the black middle class; continued study of this group and their dually privileged, yet marginalized, statuses may provide further insight into the mechanisms by which race and class continue to act as systems of stratification. This work highlights significant contributions of black middle class research and areas for growth within urban sociology, education and work, and medical sociology. Among the challenges…
Self-identified race, socially assigned skin tone, and adult physiological dysregulation: Assessing multiple dimensions of “race” in health disparities research
Childhood adversity and adult health: Evaluating intervening mechanisms
Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age
This study examines how the intersecting consequences of race-ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics status (SES), and age influence health inequality. We draw on multiple-hierarchy stratification and life course perspectives to address two main research questions. First, does racial-ethnic stratification of health vary by gender and/or SES? More specifically, are the joint health consequences of racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic stratification…
Discrimination, Serious Psychological Distress, and Church-Based Emotional Support Among African American Men Across the Life Span
This is the first study to document relationships among discrimination, SPD, and church-based support in a nationally representative sample of African American men. Overall, rather than revealing a stress-buffering function, findings were consistent with the resource mobilization perspective of social support, indicating that higher levels of assistance from church networks are provided when individuals experience high levels of both discriminati…
Race, Emotional Reliance, and Mental Health
Prior research shows that emotional reliance, an indicator of interpersonal dependence, is an important psychosocial risk factor for mental health problems. However, few have considered black-white differences in emotional reliance or the role it may play in racial variations in mental health outcomes. Using a community epidemiologic sample of adults in Nashville, Tennessee, the current study builds on the small literature on emotional reliance b…
Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Men Across the Adult Lifecourse
Everyday discrimination is a more consistent predictor, relative to major discrimination, of depressive symptoms among African American men across the lifecourse, although there were age and/or cohort differences. Findings also demonstrate the synergistic, or additive, impact of multiple forms of discrimination on mental health
Is the Black-White Mental Health Paradox Consistent Across Gender and Psychiatric Disorders?
This study assessed whether the black-white mental health epidemiologic paradox (i.e., blacks' lower or similar rates of mental disorder relative to whites) extends across 12 lifetime and past-year psychiatric disorders and whether it varies with gender. We used data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication and the National Survey of American Life, 2001-2003 (n = 4,584 black and 6,668 non-Hispanic white persons). Results showed overwhelmi…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Race (biology (3 works)