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Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Black Women

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ID8105973
AuthorsAnahvia Taiyib Moody (0000-0001-8698-1118, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author), Jioni A Lewis (0000-0003-1719-4895, University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Year2019
Volume43
Issue2
Pages201-214
Publication date2019-03-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0361684319828288
OpenAlexW2924023555
LanguageEN
Citations received58
References cited86

We investigated the relations between gendered racial microaggressions (i.e., subtle gendered racism), gendered racial socialization, and traumatic stress symptoms among Black women. We hypothesized that gendered racial microaggressions would be significantly associated with traumatic stress symptoms and that gendered racial socialization would moderate the relations between gendered racial microaggressions and traumatic stress symptoms. Participants were 226 Black women from across the United States who completed an online survey. Results from a hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that a greater frequency of gendered racial microaggressions was significantly associated with greater traumatic stress symptoms; internalized gendered racial oppression moderated the relations between gendered racial microaggressions and traumatic stress symptoms. The results of this study can inform future research on Black women’s experiences of gendered racism and the role of gendered racial socialization in their lives. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index

Black women · Oppression · Politics · Racism · Socialization · Sociology · Traumatic stress · Clinical Psychology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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