Relationship of Discrimination and Early Life Socioeconomics on Health Outcomes in Healthy Young African American Women
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: There is a lack of understanding of contributors to disparate outcomes for African American (AA) women.This research sought to identify the direct effects of racial and gender discrimination and early life socioeconomic position on psychological distress and biomarkers of stress and inflammation and the mediating effects of psychological distress on physiological processes.Fifty African American women between the ages of 18-29 who self-identified as healthy were recruited to participate in the study.This was a cross sectional descriptive correlation study.Data were collected in the Clinical Research Center at the Ohio State University.After the participant was consented data collection occurred.Data were initially analyzed descriptively.Multiple bivariate regressions were performed for testing of hypotheses 1-7, and a multiple regression model was utilized for hypothesis 8. Results showed a significant relationship between gender discrimination and psychological distress.A significant inverse relationship was also identified between gender discrimination and the stress marker DHEA-S, indicating long-term stress exposure.Discussion of limitations and recommendations for future research are addressed.iii Dedication This document is dedicated to my parents and my husband.
Author: Helen Dale
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2526569316