What are the mechanisms of action of stereotype threat and how does it contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease in African Americans
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The rate of hypertension and cardiovascular disease for African Americans is disproportionately higher compared to Whites Americans. Previous research has focused much of its attention on biological and socioeconomic differences as a pathway to explain the disparity in rates of cardiovascular disease. Reviewed is the connection between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease, but also extends the reach of etiology to include racially induced cardiovascular reactivity responses in African American. Stereotype threat occurs when a member of a stereotyped group encounters a situation where a stereotype exists, the threat of confirming the stereotype produces an exaggerated cardiovascular response. This model takes into account mediating factors such as perceptions and conceptualizations of race and stereotype as important markers which influence the degree of cardiovascular response demonstrated, thus African Americans who perceived greater racial stress, also demonstrated greater cardiovascular response. Stereotype threat may provide an explanation and a possible pathway to the etiology of hypertension disparity in African Americans. \n
Author: Anthony Gage
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2492574034