Pathways from racial discrimination to cortisol/DHEA imbalance: protective role of religious involvement

Lee, Daniel B.; Peckins, Melissa K.; Miller, Alison L.; Hope, Meredith O.; Neblett, Enrique W.; Assari, Shervin; Muñoz-Velázquez, Jaime; Zimmerman, Marc A.

doi:10.1080/13557858.2018.1520815

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“…One study reported that Black American adults who participated in an experimental study after national coverage of a racial macrostressor exhibited dysregulated cortisol outcomes compared to those who participated before the incident received national coverage, and this effect was especially pronounced among Black American women (Richman & Jonassaint, 2008). Prior research using surveys indicated that racial discrimination experiences were not associated with overall levels of cortisol (Lee, Eisman, et al, 2018; Lee, Peckins, Heinze, et al, 2018) the cortisol/dehydroepiandrosterone ratio (Lee, Peckins, Miller, et al, 2018), or overnight cortisol levels (Brody et al, 2014). One study indicated that racial discrimination experiences were linked to higher waking levels and a steeper diurnal slope among Black American adults (Fuller-Rowell, Doan, & Eccles, 2012), whereas another study reported that racial discrimination experiences were related to lower waking cortisol levels, lower average cortisol output, and flatter diurnal slopes among Black American adults (Adam et al, 2015).…”

Section: Racial Discrimination and The Hpa Axismentioning

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Daily racial discrimination experiences, ethnic–racial identity, and diurnal cortisol patterns among Black adults.

Seaton¹,

Zeiders²

2021

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives: The present study examined the daily relation between racial discrimination experiences and diurnal cortisol patterns among a sample of Black American adults. The daily diary approach afforded the chance to examine how within-person fluctuations in racial discrimination experiences related to same- and next-day changes in cortisol patterns. The use of a lagged approach examines whether exposure to racial discrimination results in diminished outcomes. It was expected that healthy levels of ethnic–racial identity would moderate the relation between racial discrimination and cortisol parameters. Method: The participants included 93 Black adults (e.g., 20 males and 73 females) who ranged in age from 17 to 56 years old. Participants completed measures of racial discrimination and ethnic–racial identity, and provided 9 saliva samples. Results: The results indicate that on days when individuals reported increased racial discrimination experiences, they exhibited higher cortisol levels at bedtime and greater overall cortisol output that same day. Lagged analyses revealed that on days when participants reported increased racial discrimination experiences, they exhibited less pronounced cortisol awakening responses and steeper diurnal cortisol slopes the next day. These associations were moderated by high racial centrality levels, high private regard levels, and low public regard levels. Conclusions: Same-day racial discrimination experiences related to compromised diurnal cortisol patterns. The effects of racial discrimination experiences on next-day physiological functioning largely depended on ethnic–racial identity dimensions, and afforded individuals the ability to recover.

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Section: Racial Discrimination and The Hpa Axismentioning

confidence: 99%

Daily racial discrimination experiences, ethnic–racial identity, and diurnal cortisol patterns among Black adults.

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Zeiders²

2021

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“…In one study, the indirect effect of racial discrimination on African American emerging adults' depressive symptoms was buffered by organizational religious involvement (D. B. Lee, Peckins, et al, 2018). A similar effect was found in a study by Parenteau and colleagues on the role of religious orientation as a buffer against racial discrimination on undergraduate problematic drinking.…”

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Racial Discrimination and Trajectories of Problematic Alcohol Use Among African American Emerging Adults: The Role of Organizational Religious Involvement

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Racial discrimination jeopardizes a wide range of health behaviors for African Americans. Numerous studies demonstrate significant negative associations between racial discrimination and problematic alcohol use among African Americans. Culturally specific contexts (e.g., organized religious involvement) often function protectively against racial discrimination’s adverse effects for many African Americans. Yet organized religious involvement may affect the degree to which racial discrimination increases problematic alcohol use resulting in various alcohol use trajectories. These links remain understudied in emerging adulthood marked by when individuals transition from adolescence to early adult roles and responsibilities. We use data from 496 African American emerging adults from the Flint Adolescent Study (FAS) to (a) identify multiple and distinct alcohol use trajectories and (b) examine organizational religious involvement’s protective role. Three trajectory classes were identified: the high/stable, (20.76% of sample; n = 103); moderate/stable, (39.52% of sample; n = 196); and low/rising, (39.72% of the sample; n = 197). After controlling for sex, educational attainment, and general stress, the interaction between racial discrimination and organized religious involvement did not influence the likelihood of classifying into the moderate/stable class or the low/rising class, compared with the high/stable class. These results suggest organized religious involvement counteracts, but does not buffer racial discrimination’s effects on problematic alcohol use. Findings emphasize the critical need for culturally sensitive prevention efforts incorporating organized religious involvement for African American emerging adults exposed to racial discrimination. These prevention efforts may lessen the role of racial discrimination on health disparities related to alcohol use.

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“…Greater racial discrimination has also been linked to increased catecholamine activity among Black men and women [ 80 , 81 ]. Importantly, some evidence suggests that protective factors such as higher educational attainment, higher income, and greater religious engagement can buffer the association between discrimination and neuroendocrine activity among Black Americans [ 82 , 83 ].…”

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Psychosocial stress and neuroendocrine biomarker concentrations among women living with or without HIV

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Objective Women living with HIV (WLWH) experience psychosocial stress related to social-structural vulnerabilities. To investigate neuroendocrine pathways linking stress and increased cardiovascular disease risk among WLWH, we evaluated associations between psychosocial stress (i.e., perceived stress, posttraumatic stress, and experiences of race- and gender-based harassment) and a composite neuroendocrine biomarker index among WLWH and women without HIV. Methods In 2019–2020, Women’s Interagency HIV Study participants in Washington, DC completed a questionnaire and provided blood and 12-hour overnight urine samples for testing of serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and urinary free cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. Psychosocial stress was measured using the Perceived Stress Scale, PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version, and Racialized Sexual Harassment Scale. Latent profile analysis was used to classify participants into low (38%), moderate (44%), and high (18%) stress groups. Composite biomarker index scores between 0–4 were assigned based on participants’ number of neuroendocrine biomarkers in high-risk quartiles (≥75th percentile for cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine and ≤25th percentile for DHEA-S). We evaluated associations between latent profile and composite biomarker index values using multivariable linear regression, adjusting for socio-demographic, behavioral, metabolic, and HIV-related factors. Results Among 90 women, 62% were WLWH, 53% were non-Hispanic Black, and median age was 55 years. In full multivariable models, there was no statistically significant association between psychosocial stress and composite biomarker index values among all women independent of HIV status. High (vs. low) psychosocial stress was positively associated with higher mean composite biomarker index values among all monoracial Black women (adjusted β = 1.32; 95% CI: 0.20–2.43), Black WLWH (adjusted β = 1.93; 95% CI: 0.02–3.83) and Black HIV-negative women (adjusted β = 2.54; 95% CI: 0.41–4.67). Conclusions Despite a null association in the overall sample, greater psychosocial stress was positively associated with higher neuroendocrine biomarker concentrations among Black women, highlighting a plausible mechanism by which psychosocial stress could contribute to cardiovascular disease risk.

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Pathways from racial discrimination to cortisol/DHEA imbalance: protective role of religious involvement

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

Daily racial discrimination experiences, ethnic–racial identity, and diurnal cortisol patterns among Black adults.

Daily racial discrimination experiences, ethnic–racial identity, and diurnal cortisol patterns among Black adults.

Racial Discrimination and Trajectories of Problematic Alcohol Use Among African American Emerging Adults: The Role of Organizational Religious Involvement

Psychosocial stress and neuroendocrine biomarker concentrations among women living with or without HIV

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