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Racial discrimination, personal growth initiative, and African American men’s depressive symptomatology: A moderated mediation model.

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Mounting evidence indicates that racial discrimination is a risk factor for depression among African American men. However, the mechanisms underlying the association between racial discrimination and depressive symptomatology remain unclear. The present study investigated the mediating capacity of personal growth initiative (PGI) in the relation between racial discrimination experiences and depressive symptomatology, as well as whether the proposed mediating relation was moderated by age, education, and income. METHOD: Participants included 649 African American men recruited from barbershops in the North, South, West, and Midwest regions of the United States and from academic institutions-events. RESULTS: Results revealed significant associations between racial discrimination and a combined latent factor representing depressed affect, interpersonal problems, and somatic complaints but not the latent factor representing positive affect. PGI mediated the association between racial discrimination and depressive symptomatology; however, the mediational pathway was not moderated by age, education, and income. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions designed to mitigate the mental health consequences of racial discrimination among African American men might focus on enhancing PGI. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000264

Authors: Lori S. Hoggard, Wizdom Powell, Rachel Upton, Eleanor Seaton, Enrique W. Neblett

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of Connecticut, Arizona State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases