Predictors of Mental and Physical Health in African Americans: Ethnic-racial Socialization, African Self-consciousness and Perceived Stress
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Predictors of Mental and Physical Health in African Americans: Ethnic-racial Socialization, African Self-consciousness and Perceived Stress
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Owens, Bianca, author.
ISBN:
9780438016620
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1 electronic resource (64 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: Gwendolyn Singleton Committee members: Phyllis Gray-Ray; Huijun Li.
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Since the early 1900s, efforts have been made to address the issue of health disparities. In his research, W.E.B. Du Bois indicated that the higher mortality rates in African Americans is due to poorer environmental and social conditions and not racial inferiority, as once believed (Du Bois, 1899).Research in the field of health disparities has become quite comprehensive over recent decades. Although research in the field of racial health disparities has since evolved, ethnic and racial minorities continue to suffer a poorer health status than that of the dominate culture's population (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). The health disparities among minority ethnic and racial groups are apparent in death rates, life expectancy, heart disease, infant mortality rates, and other health status measures. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between ethnic-racial socialization, African self-consciousness, stress, and health in African Americans. More explicitly to provide insight into the collective effects of culture and stress on health, specifically mental and physical health, in African American college students. Method: The sample consisted of 229 students (101 males and 128 females) from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). The participants ranged in age from 18 to 37, all of African ancestry. Results: The results suggest African self-consciousness, ethnic-racial socialization, and perceived stress effect mental health to some degree, although collectively there was no significance.
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School code: 0872
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