Microaggressions and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Black College Women: A Moderated Mediation Analysis

Marks, Laura Reid; Çiftçi, Ayşe

doi:10.1002/jmcd.12125

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“…Furthermore, this finding is consistent with Myers’ (2009) lifespan biopsychosocial model of cumulative vulnerability and minority health and our hypotheses that racial microaggressions would be positively related to increased risky sexual behaviors indirectly through hostility (racial microaggressions –> hostility –> risky sexual behaviors). These findings support past published research with Black college women, which found a significant positive relationship between racial microaggressions and risky sexual behaviors (Marks & Çiftçi, 2019). Contrary to our hypotheses and conceptual model (Myers, 2009), there were no significant indirect effects through anxiety, depression, or hopelessness.…”

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Racial Discrimination and Risky Sex: Examining Cognitive-Emotional Factors in Black College Students

Marks

Schimmel‐Bristow

Harrell-Williams

et al. 2022

The Counseling Psychologist

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Using the lifespan biopsychosocial model of cumulative vulnerability and minority health as a theroretical lens, the present study proposed two models to test the relationships among racial discrimination, cognitive–emotional factors, and risky sexual behaviors in a sample of 302 Black college students in the United States. Our models provided support for some of the hypothesized direct and indirect pathways. As expected, overt racial discrimination and subtle racial discrimination (i.e., racial microaggression) were both positively related to cognitive–emotional factors (i.e., anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and hostility). Racial microaggressions were significantly positively related to risky sexual behaviors, but overt racial discrimination was not. Hostility was the only cognitive–emotional factor that facilitated an indirect, significant effect from racial microaggressions to risky sexual behaviors. Potential implications are discussed for practice, training programs, and future counseling psychology research with Black college students using the lifespan biopsychosocial model of cumulative vulnerability and minority health.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Racial Discrimination and Risky Sex: Examining Cognitive-Emotional Factors in Black College Students

Marks

Schimmel‐Bristow

Harrell-Williams

et al. 2022

The Counseling Psychologist

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Social Cognitive Predictors of Bystander Intervention in Racial Microaggressions Among College Students

Marks,

Jenkins,

Perez-Felkner

et al. 2024

Race Soc Probl

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Integrating microintervention strategies and the bystander intervention model, we examined social cognitive predictors (i.e., moral disengagement, empathy, and self-efficacy) of the five steps of the bystander intervention model (i.e., Notice, Interpret, Accept, Know, and Act) to address racial microaggressions in a sample of 452 racially diverse college students. Data were collected using an online survey. Path analyses showed that moral disengagement was significantly and negatively related to each step of the model for White students, but for students of color, it was only significantly negatively associated with Act. Empathy was significantly and positively associated with Interpret, Accept, and Act for White students. For student of color, however, there was a significant and positive association solely between Empathy and Act. For both White students and students of color, self-efficacy was positively associated with Notice, Interpret, Accept, Know, and Act. Finally, race did not significantly moderate any relationships. Strengths, limitations, future directions for research, and implications of the study findings are discussed.

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Microaggressions and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Black College Women: A Moderated Mediation Analysis

Cited by 2 publications

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Racial Discrimination and Risky Sex: Examining Cognitive-Emotional Factors in Black College Students

Racial Discrimination and Risky Sex: Examining Cognitive-Emotional Factors in Black College Students

Social Cognitive Predictors of Bystander Intervention in Racial Microaggressions Among College Students

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