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Racial discrimination and the stress process

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ID8065787
AuthorsAnthony D Ong (0000-0002-5032-667X, corresponding author), Thomas E Fuller-Rowell (0000-0002-1447-1175), Thomas Fuller-Rowell, Anthony L Burrow (0000-0003-1247-0985)
Year2009
Volume96
Issue6
Pages1259-1271
Publication date2009-05-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/a0015335
PMID19469600
OpenAlexW2024200800
LanguageEN
Citations received119
References cited29

The unique and combined effects of chronic and daily racial discrimination on psychological distress were examined in a sample of 174 African American doctoral students and graduates. Using a daily process design, 5 models of the stress process were tested. Multilevel random coefficient modeling analyses revealed that chronic exposure to racial discrimination predicted greater daily discrimination and psychological distress. Further, results show that differences in daily discrimination and negative events accounted for meaningful variation in daily distress responses. Finally, findings indicate that daily discrimination and negative events mediated the relationship between chronic discrimination and psychological distress. The study provides support for the need to measure chronic strains as distinctive from daily stressors in the lives of African Americans

Developmental psychology · Distress · Mental health · Multilevel model · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Racism · Stress (linguistics · Stressor · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology

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