| Research on discrimination and health: an exploratory study of unresolved conceptual and measurement issues. | |
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PMID: 22420798 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: Our goal in this study was to better understand racial and socioeconomic status (SES) variations in experiences of racial and nonracial discrimination. METHODS: We used 1999 and 2000 data from the YES Health Study, which involved a community sample of 50 Black and 50 White respondents drawn from 4 neighborhoods categorized according to racial group (majority Black or majority White) and SES (≤ 150% or > 250% of the poverty line). Qualitative and quantitative analyses examined experiences of discrimination across these neighborhoods. RESULTS: More than 90% of Blacks and Whites described the meaning of unfair treatment in terms of injustice and felt certain about the attribution of their experiences of discrimination. These experiences triggered similar emotional reactions (most frequently anger and frustration) and levels of stress across groups, and low-SES Blacks and Whites reported higher levels of discrimination than their moderate-SES counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: Experiences of discrimination were commonplace and linked to similar emotional responses and levels of stress among both Blacks and Whites of low and moderate SES. Effects were the same whether experiences were attributed to race or to other reasons. |
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Authors:
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David R Williams; Dolly A John; Daphna Oyserman; John Sonnega; Selina A Mohammed; James S Jackson |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Date: 2012-03-15 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of public health Volume: 102 ISSN: 1541-0048 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Publication Date: 2012 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-04-12 Completed Date: 2012-06-07 Revised Date: 2013-05-03 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254074 Medline TA: Am J Public Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 975-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. dwilliam@hsph.harvard.edu |
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African Americans
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psychology* Emotions European Continental Ancestry Group / psychology* Health Status Disparities* Health Surveys Humans Income / statistics & numerical data* Prejudice* Socioeconomic Factors Stress, Psychological / ethnology United States |
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3 U-01 HL 087322-02S1/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; P01 MH058565-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; P01 MH58565/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; P50 CA 148596/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U-01 HL 087322-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS |
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