The Continuing Significance of Race Revisited: A Study of Race, Class, and Quality of Life in America, 1972 to 1996

Religious Involvement, Stress, and Mental Health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study

“…We can be confident of our findings only when we control for other established predictors of distress and well-being (Mirowsky & Ross 1989;Thomas & Hughes 1998;Umberson 1993). Accordingly, our analyses include controls for the following: age (in years), sex (1 = female), race (1 = African American), 6 education (continuous variable measuring highest grade of school completed [0-17]), family income (continuous imputed family income in $10,000s), marital status (1 = married), and employment status (1 = unemployed).…”

Impact of Adolescent Mental Disorders and Physical Illnesses on Quality of Life 17 Years Later

“…All analyses were controlled for demographic variables (race, sex, age, family socioeconomic status, earned income, marital status, and education) because there are significant variations in aspects of QOL for those groups. 9,46,47 Unstandardized regression coefficients were interpreted as the mean difference (MD) on each QOL domain score between those with a disorder and those without any physical illnesses or mental disorders (reference group, n=256) after adjusting for all demographic variables in the equation. Regression analyses were also conducted, adjusting for all demographic variables and physical and mental disorder comorbidity to identify the independent association of each disorder with each of the QOL domains.…”

Counting on Coworkers

“…Given the inequality and discrimination frequently experienced by blacks in the workplace (e.g., Elliott and Smith 2004;Feagin and McKinney 2003;Harvey Wingfield 2007;Tomaskovic-Devey 1993), we might expect blacks to report fewer positive emotions and more negative emotions in the workplace compared to whites. While studies in the general U.S. population have documented persistently lower levels of happiness among African Americans compared to whites (Hughes and Thomas 1998;Yang 2008), analyses of negative emotions, including anger, have shown no race differences (Mabry and Kiecolt 2005;Simon and Nath 2004). To date, there is a notable lack of research directly comparing the workplace emotional experiences of blacks and whites (Lively 2006;Mirchandani 2003;Stets 2012).…”