Angry rumination moderates the association between perceived ethnic discrimination and risky behaviors

Borders, Ashley; Hennebry, Kelly A.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.047

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“…Depression, on the other hand, is weakly, positively associated with overall discrimination and microaggressions, but not significantly correlated with serious offending or criminal justice injustices. Such findings lend initial support to the differential emotional reactions to different forms of discrimination as well as the differential associations between different emotions and offending (e.g., Agnew, 2006;Borders & Hennebry, 2015;Pieterse et al, 2012). In addition, racial identity is surprisingly not significantly associated with any of the central predictors, counter to previous research (e.g., Rucker et al, 2014;Seaton, 2009;Sellers et al, 2006;Stock et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 54%

Microaggressions, Injustices, and Racial Identity

Scott

2015

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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Inspired by the recent theory of African American offending and the lack of race-centered concepts in criminological literature, I aim to answer four general research questions: (a) Do criminal justice injustices impact African Americans differently than other forms of racism? (b) Do different emotional states increase African Americans' likelihood of offending? (c) Does having a positive racial identity buffer against the negative effects of racial discrimination? and (d) Do the effects of racial discrimination and racial identity vary between African American males and females? Using a subsample of African American youth and young adults from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods data, I find microaggressions and criminal justice injustices independently predict serious and violent offending. Anger and depression likewise serve as independent predictors, though anger suppresses the effects of depression when considered simultaneously. Racial identity also moderately buffers the negative effects of overall discrimination. The present analysis, however, finds no significant gender differences in the above processes. This study provides a firm empirical foundation for the theory of African American offending and other race-based approaches to understanding crime. Implications for future investigations are discussed.

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Microaggressions, Injustices, and Racial Identity

Scott

2015

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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“…The effects of discrimination on predicting greater risky behaviors have been shown to vary by individual personal traits, such as tendency for angry rumination [62]. Other personality traits, such as self-esteem, ethnic or racial identity, and spirituality can also influence the response to discrimination [63].…”

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Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Mental Health: a Review and Future Directions for Social Epidemiology

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Purpose of review Recent literature on racial or ethnic discrimination and mental health was reviewed to assess the current science and identify key areas of emphasis for social epidemiology. Objectives of this review were to: 1) Determine whether there have been advancements in the measurement and analysis of perceived discrimination; 2) Identify the use of theories and/or frameworks in perceived discrimination and mental health research; and 3) Assess the extent to which stress buffers are being considered and evaluated in the existing literature. Recent findings Metrics and analytic approaches used to assess discrimination remain largely unchanged. Theory and/or frameworks such as the stress and coping framework continue to be underused in majority of the studies. Adolescents and young adults experiencing racial/ethnic discrimination were at greater risk of adverse mental health outcomes, and the accumulation of stressors over the life course may have an aggregate impact on mental health. Some growth seems evident in studies examining the mediation and moderation of stress buffers and other key factors with the findings suggesting a reduction in the effects of discrimination on mental health. Summary Discrimination scales should consider the multiple social identities of a person, the context where the exposure occurs, how the stressor manifests specifically in adolescents, the historical traumas, and cumulative exposure. Life course theory and intersectionality may help guide future work. Despite existing research, gaps remain in in elucidating the effects of racial and ethnic discrimination on mental health, signaling an opportunity and a call to social epidemiologists to engage in interdisciplinary research to speed research progress.

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“…Not everyone who experiences racial discrimination responds in the same way and there may be individual difference factors that play a role in these different reactions (e.g., age and sex; Borders & Hennebry, 2015; English et al, 2014; Gerrard et al, 2012). One likely important moderator of reactions to experiences with racial discrimination is past experience; i.e., cumulative experience with discrimination.…”

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Past racial discrimination exacerbates the effects of racial exclusion on negative affect, perceived control, and alcohol-risk cognitions among Black young adults

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Racial discrimination is associated with alcohol use and risky sex cognitions and behaviors, which are risk factors for negative health outcomes, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The current study investigated the causal impact of racial discrimination on alcohol and sexual-risk cognitions while exploring potential mediators that might help explain this relation: negative affect, perceived control, and meaningful existence. We also examined if past discrimination impacts the strength of (moderates) these effects. Participants were 287 Black/African American young adults aged 18 to 25. They were randomly assigned to be excluded or included by White peers via the game Cyberball. Racial exclusion (vs. inclusion) predicted greater: perceived racial discrimination, negative affect, alcohol use willingness, and reduced perceived control and meaningful existence. Furthermore, excluded participants who experienced more past racial discrimination reported the lowest perceived control, and greatest negative affect and alcohol-risk cognitions. The findings suggest that past racial discrimination exacerbates the harmful health effects of immediate experiences of discrimination.

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Angry rumination moderates the association between perceived ethnic discrimination and risky behaviors

Cited by 19 publications

References 40 publications

Microaggressions, Injustices, and Racial Identity

Microaggressions, Injustices, and Racial Identity

Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Mental Health: a Review and Future Directions for Social Epidemiology

Past racial discrimination exacerbates the effects of racial exclusion on negative affect, perceived control, and alcohol-risk cognitions among Black young adults

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