种族和性别差异在年轻成年人中的歧视和心理痛苦
Imari Z Smith1, Jen'nan G Read2
1Department of Sociology, Duke University, 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 201 Science Dr., Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|July 17, 2024
概括
歧视对年轻成年人的心理痛苦产生影响. 虽然黑人个人经历更多的歧视,但白人男性对其健康影响表现出更大的敏感性,这表明早期生命的弹性.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 歧视对健康的影响的种族和性别差异是众所周知的,主要来自对老年人的研究.
- 年轻的成年人对歧视对健康的影响仍然缺乏研究.
- 要了解年轻成年人的这些差异,需要采用交叉方法.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查日常歧视对黑人和白人年轻人的心理痛苦的影响.
- 解决对年轻人群体歧视对健康影响的研究差距.
- 利用一个跨界框架来分析种族和性别.
主要方法:
- 来自2017年和2019年关于过渡到成人补充金 (PSID-TAS) 收入动态的小组研究的国家代表性纵向数据的分析.
- 评估日常歧视使用日常歧视量表,检查累积和单个项目.
- 专注于18-28岁的黑人和白人年轻人 (n=3894).
主要成果:
- 在所有种族性别群体中,感知到的歧视与心理痛苦有积极的联系.
- 黑人男性和女性报告的歧视频率高于白人.
- 与白人男性相比,黑人男性的歧视和痛苦之间的关联不那么明显,这表明潜在的弹性.
结论:
- 歧视对心理痛苦的有害健康影响在生命早期就会显现出来.
- 在年长的黑人成年人中观察到的基于性的应对机制也可能存在于年轻的黑人成年人中.
- 调查结果强调了需要针对性干预措施,以解决多样化的年轻成人群体中歧视的影响.
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