Context Matters: Differential Effects of Discrimination by Environmental Context on Depressive Symptoms Among College Students of Color

Eschmann, Rob; Gryder, Ryan W.; Connaught, Gerri; Zhao, Xiang; Jeon, Sae Mi; Gonzales, Ernest

doi:10.1007/s10615-021-00792-1

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“…Finally, our study focused on a college student sample, reducing generalizability to men of color who are not college students. While the present study is still relevant given the high prevalence of racial discrimination on college campuses (Eschmann et al, 2021), future studies should still investigate the extent to which racial discrimination may longitudinally be associated with GRC and depression in men of color who have already graduated from university or who did not attend university. Additional longitudinal studies on this topic would benefit from assessing the predictor, mediator, and outcome variable at three different time points and including autoregressive effects for all variables, as opposed to solely depression, which would ensure enhanced methodological rigor.…”

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Racial discrimination, gender role conflict, and depression in college men of color: A longitudinal test of the racist-gender stress model.

Le¹,

Iwamoto²

2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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While research suggests that gender role conflict influences the mental health of men of color, few studies have examined how racial discrimination may contribute to men of color's gender role conflict and subsequently their mental health, including their depressive symptomatology. The racist-gender stress model highlights how racial discrimination may heighten men of color's gender role conflict which then portends negative mental health. With a sample of 206 U.S. college-attending men of color, the present study therefore longitudinally examined the direct and indirect effect of racial discrimination on depressive symptomatology through two forms of gender role conflict, Work Conflict and Success, Power, and Competition. Participants completed surveys containing study questionnaires 6 months apart. Controlling for baseline depression, racial discrimination was both directly associated with Wave 2 (6 months later) depression and indirectly associated through Work Conflict. Racial discrimination was not indirectly associated with depression through Success, Power, and Competition. These findings underscore the necessity of considering how racial discrimination affects men of color's gender-related stress which is then associated with depressive symptoms. Results also emphasize the importance of intervening to prevent racial discrimination from occurring in the first place to bolster men of color's psychological well-being. Public Significance StatementThis study highlights how racial discrimination may exacerbate the extent to which college men of color experience Work Conflict, which may then be positively associated with their depressive symptoms. Our results emphasize the importance of considering how both racial oppression and restrictive gender roles influence college men of color's mental health.

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Racial discrimination, gender role conflict, and depression in college men of color: A longitudinal test of the racist-gender stress model.

Le¹,

Iwamoto²

2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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“…Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other minoritized students are often subject to hostile, psychologically harmful, discriminatory experiences in college. For example, they report experiencing discrimination from their peers, professors, and institutions (Solórzano & Perez Huber, 2020), which is associated with a greater incidence of depression (Eschmann et al, 2021) and other psychological disorders than their white peers. However, students' ERIs can serve as personal characteristics that can reduce (i.e., protective factor; Butler- Barnes et al, 2018) or heighten (i.e., risk factor; Caldwell et al, 2004) the likelihood of a negative impact of racial discrimination.…”

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“Where’s My People?”: An Investigation of the Structure and Content of Black and Latinx College Students’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Narratives

Rosario,

Moffitt,

Rogers

2023

Emerging Adulthood

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As attending college became a normative life experience in the U.S., society developed a cultural narrative about what a “good” college experience looks like. But, for racially minoritized college students, this master narrative often excludes their experiences. Integrating narrative and ethnic-racial identity, the current study investigates how a sample of 11 Black and Latinx students ( M age = 19.73) narrate their lives in college and make meaning of their racial experiences. Participants were prompted to construct their college story as if it were a book with chapters and describe the connections between those chapters. We analyzed students’ college stories and found that they used either chronological or thematic coherence to structure their narratives; this distinction in structure was related to the content of their stories. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of using a racialized college story narrative to understand ethnic-racial identity for minoritized college students.

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Rural Women in Leadership

Suresh,

Moger,

Raghavan

2024

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership

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Gender issues and microaggressions are related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This research provides a starting point on how microaggression is experienced by rural women in the urban workplace, and how best to address it. A better understanding of gendered microaggression (GMA) in an urban workplace is needed to develop effective psychological resources available and achieve occupational adaptability. The study also provides new insights into rural heritage and long-term sustainable development goals of emotional well-being that need to be further explored in the future.

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Context Matters: Differential Effects of Discrimination by Environmental Context on Depressive Symptoms Among College Students of Color

Cited by 3 publications

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Racial discrimination, gender role conflict, and depression in college men of color: A longitudinal test of the racist-gender stress model.

Racial discrimination, gender role conflict, and depression in college men of color: A longitudinal test of the racist-gender stress model.

“Where’s My People?”: An Investigation of the Structure and Content of Black and Latinx College Students’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Narratives

Rural Women in Leadership

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