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The Effects of Race-related Stress and Identity on Positive States of Mind for African American Adults
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The Effects of Race-related Stress and Identity on Positive States of Mind for African American Adults
Yazar:
Keilman, Whitney M., author.
ISBN:
9780438149083
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1 electronic resource (156 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Monica D. Ulibarri Committee members: Joanne E. Callan; Julii M. Green.
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The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between race-related stress, ethnic and racial identity, and ability to achieve positive states of mind in African American adults. The sample was 118 participants identifying as African American, Black, or Black American, ages 18 -- 70 years, recruited through flyers, craigslist ads, and snowball sampling. Participants answered questions on demographics and completed the Prolonged Activation and Anticipatory Race-Related Stress Scale, or PARS (Utsey, 2013), the Inventory of Microaggressions Against Black Individuals, or IMABI (Mercer, Zeigler-Hill, Wallace, & Hayes, 2011), the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised (MEIM-R: Phinney & Ong, 2007); the Cross Racial Identity Scale (CRIS; Cross & Vandiver, 2001); and the Positive States of Mind Scale (PSOMS: Adler et al., 1998). As hypothesized, racial identity and ethnic identity were found to be significantly positively related to each other. Significant correlations were also found between secondary appraisal and ethnic identity, as well as four aspects of racial identity as measured by the CRIS, which suggests that psychological coping processes may involve core aspects of ethnic and racial identity. A significant positive correlation was also found between the outcome variable, positive states of mind and the variables of secondary appraisal, multicultural inclusive attitudes, and ethnic identity, suggesting that a stronger sense of ethnic identity may promote ability to achieve positive states of mind. Lastly, an unexpected interaction occurred between perseverative cognition (as an aspect of race-related stress) and ethnic identity total scores, so that perseverative cognition emerged as a possible protective factor for this population. Implications embrace assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and therapeutic alliance involved in race/ethnicity related disparities. Recommendations for future research include use of the Cross Racial Identity Scale within the frame of the newly developed cluster analysis method, as well as controlling for phenotypic differences in participants.
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School code: 1634
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