Journal article
Immediate and delayed effects of everyday racial discrimination on mental health among Black college students: A mixed-methods approach
Group processes & intergroup relations, Vol.26(8), pp.1750-1773
12/2023
DOI: 10.1177/13684302221131029
Abstract
Experiences of racial discrimination significantly contribute to both mental and physical health outcomes. In this mixed-methods study, we examine both the immediate and delayed effect of discrimination experienced in daily life. Black students at a predominantly White university reported instances of racial discrimination, affect, anxiety, and depression several times per day over 4 weeks (N = 114); this was followed by qualitative focus groups (N = 25). Reporting an instance of discrimination corresponded with an acute decline in psychological wellbeing (higher negative affect, anxiety, and depression), consistent with previous work. However, this effect did not carry forward to later assessments during the same day or the following day as expected. Instead, positive affect temporarily increased in the hours following experiences of discrimination. Qualitative focus groups revealed social support, emotional reflection and processing, and feelings of taking action as important factors contributing to this bump in positive affect.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Immediate and delayed effects of everyday racial discrimination on mental health among Black college students: A mixed-methods approach
- Creators
- Hannah Volpert-Esmond - The University of Texas at El PasoAntoinette M. Landor - University of MissouriBruce D. Bartholow - University of Missouri
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Group processes & intergroup relations, Vol.26(8), pp.1750-1773
- DOI
- 10.1177/13684302221131029
- ISSN
- 1368-4302
- eISSN
- 1461-7188
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 24
- Grant note
- R01 AA025451 / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA) F31 MD012751 / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD) University of Missouri
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 11/05/2022
- Date published
- 12/2023
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984446542602771
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