在老年黑人和非洲裔美国人中,人际歧视和抑郁症状
Tomorrow D Arnold1, Courtney A Polenick1,2, Donovan T Maust1,3
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 6, 2024
概括
最近的种族歧视与老年黑人成年人抑郁症严重程度的增加有关. 不同形式的歧视会影响情感和体质症状,强调需要量身定制的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 社会老年学 社会老年学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 歧视对老年人的心理健康构成重大威胁.
- 种族歧视不成比例地影响黑人和非洲裔美国人社区,特别是老年人.
- 了解歧视和抑郁症之间的具体联系对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查最近的歧视经历与抑郁症状表现和严重程度之间的关联.
- 检查不同形式的人际种族歧视与情感和体质抑郁症状的关系.
- 探索警应对在缓解歧视和抑郁之间的关系中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在美国对124名50岁及以上的黑人和非裔美国成年人进行了截面调查.
- 利用感知种族歧视问卷来评估四种形式的歧视.
- 采用抑郁和体质症状量表来衡量过去一个月的抑郁症状,并提高对偏差措施的警.
主要成果:
- 所有形式的人际种族歧视都与更大的情感症状严重程度有关.
- 被避开,被低或受到身体伤害的经历与更大的身体症状严重程度有关.
- 警的应对策略与情感症状严重程度的增加有关,但与体质症状严重程度的增加无关.
结论:
- 种族歧视与老年黑人和非裔美国人的抑郁症严重程度有显著的联系,根据症状类型的变化.
- 调查结果强调了解决歧视问题的重要性,以改善老年少数民族人口的心理结果.
- 这项研究有助于为这一群体制定更有效,更定制的干预措施和预防战略.
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