Anger in Black and White: Race, Alienation, and Anger
Dados Bibliográficos
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | K. Jill Kiecolt is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her research interests include race and mental health, self and identity over the life course, and the determinants of marriage and family structure., Indiana University School of Social Work |
| ANO | 2005 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Journal of Health and Social Behavior |
| ISSN | 0022-1465 |
| E-ISSN | 2150-6000 |
| EDITORA | JSTOR (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002214650504600107 |
| CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
Using data from the 1996 General Social Survey and the 1973 Chicago Crowding Study, we test the hypotheses that African Americans feel and express more anger than whites, that sense of control (versus powerlessness) lessens anger and mistrust increases anger, and that these indicators of alienation affect anger differently for African Americans and whites. We find that when age and gender are controlled, African Americans neither feel nor express more anger than whites, despite having a lower average sense of control and higher mistrust. This is partly because the effects of sense of control and mistrust on anger differ by race. Sense of control reduces feelings of anger and anger expression more for African Americans than whites. Mistrust increases feelings of anger for whites, but not African Americans. The results provide further evidence that, in the stress process, social structural location may moderate the effects of 'detriments' and 'resources' on emotional upset.