Racism: Perceptions of distress among African Americans.

摘要: Some scholars have suggested that stressful living conditions are a major source of mental disorder among African Americans (Krieger, 1999; Neighbors, 1990; Kessler & 1986). There has, however, been debate as to whether this higher level distress is due racism or the fact more often lower socioeconomic status. Stressors play significant role in might be expected occur frequently than general population. This paper attempts provide empirical support for notion separate and unique stress Americans. Specifically, it was hypothesized would report experiences (1) daily (2) other groups (3) impact racial greater One hundred fifty six participants completed Daily Stress Inventory Experience Discrimination questionnaire. Multivariate analysis variance indicated reported discrimination scores European were no gender ethnicity differences number incidents reported. The implications data discussed.