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Goodwill JR, Hope MO. Religion and Suicide in Black Emerging Adults: Examining Pathways Through Hope and Meaning in Life. J Youth Adolesc 2024; 53:1119-1133. [PMID: 38244102 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-023-01930-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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While suicide persists as a leading cause of death for Black emerging adults in the U.S., few studies identify specific positive psychological mechanisms that can be leveraged to reduce future risk. The current study, therefore, explores whether religion is related to suicidal ideation via hope and meaning in life among a sample of n = 375 Black emerging adults ages 18-25-years-old (M = 20.79, SD = 2.22). Structural equation modeling techniques were used to measure direct and indirect associations. Primary results indicate that non-organizational religiosity (e.g., reading religious texts, listening to religious music, prayer) was positively associated with hope, presence of meaning in life, and search for meaning in life. Presence of meaning in life was the strongest contributor to decreased suicidal ideation. Further, non-organizational religiosity was indirectly associated with less suicidal ideation via hope and presence of meaning in life. Personal forms of religious involvement, and not service attendance, appear to be the most salient aspects of religion to consider when exploring pathways between religion and suicidality during this particular developmental stage.
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- Janelle R Goodwill
- University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- The College of Wooster, Department of Psychology, Wooster, OH, USA
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Deniz ME, Satici SA, Okur S, Satici B. Relations among self-control, hope, and psychological adjustment: A two-wave longitudinal mediation study. Scand J Psychol 2023; 64:728-733. [PMID: 37243344 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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While the relationships between self-control, hope, and psychological adjustment have been examined in cross-sectional studies, the fact that these variables have not been considered together in any longitudinal research creates a gap in the literature. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationships between self-control, hope, and psychological adjustment. Specifically, a cross-lagged panel study in two waves was conducted to examine whether hope mediated the association between self-control and psychological adjustment using a Turkish college sample (N = 349). The results revealed that hope had a significant mediation effect in the longitudinal association between self-control and psychological adjustment. In this direction, self-control indirectly predicts psychological adjustment through hope. This longitudinal study reveals that having self-control may have a positive influence on a person's level of hope and that hope may be a significant predictor of individual psychological adjustment.
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- M Engin Deniz
- Faculty of Education, Department of Psychological Counseling, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Faculty of Education, Department of Psychological Counseling, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Educational Sciences, National Defense University, Air Force Academy, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Faculty of Education, Department of Psychological Counseling, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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Bazargan-Hejazi S, Dehghan K, Chou S, Bailey S, Baron K, Assari S, Marzio R, Teklehaimanot S, Kermah D, Lindstrom RW, Shirazi A, Lopez D, Bazargan M. Hope, optimism, gratitude, and wellbeing among health professional minority college students. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2023; 71:1125-1133. [PMID: 34344275 PMCID: PMC10699496 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1922415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Objectives: To (1) describe the level of hope, optimism, and gratitude in a sample of minority health professional college students. (2) To examine the association between hope, optimism, and gratitude with wellbeing domains. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and thirty-two (n = 132) college students from the Nursing, Medicine, and Allied Health programs. METHODS Cross-sectional survey study assessed wellbeing across the five domains of positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. RESULTS Mean and Standard Deviation on hope, optimism, and gratitude were 50.2 ± 5.6; 21.7 ± 4.34; and 36.3 ± 5.35, respectively. Hope, optimism, and gratitude were positively associated with domains of wellbeing, controlling for gender and age. CONCLUSION Students maintained a positive outlook in life. Hopeful, op6timistic, and grateful students experienced positive emotion, were more engaged in their daily activities, had more supportive relationships, had a better sense of direction in life, and more often accomplished their goals. Interpretations and future directions are discussed.
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- Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi
- College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Health and Sciences, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Health and Sciences, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
- David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Carpenter RK, Horton JC, Alloway TP. Time Perspective, Working Memory, and Depression in Non-Clinical Samples: Is There a Link? THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 156:414-434. [PMID: 35737895 DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2022.2078948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Non-clinical depression is a major issue on college campuses, with some surveys estimating that 30% of college students have experienced a major depressive episode. One theoretical framework of depression is Zimbardo and Boyd (1999) time perspective model, which posits that our perspectives on time impact different aspects of life including our emotions, judgments, and decision making. The current study seeks to determine the role of this time perspectives model and a range of cognitive constructs including hope, rumination, and working memory on their influence in depression. Currently enrolled college students and participants not currently enrolled in college completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, the Adult Hope Scale, the Rumination Reflection Questionnaire, and the Automated Working Memory Assessment. Linear regression analysis revealed that, for the college students, Rumination and Past Negative scores predicted depressive symptoms. For the non-college students, Rumination, Present Fatalism, Hope Agency and Verbal Working Memory scores predicted depressive symptoms. The current results reiterate the importance of rumination in depression symptomology and that current cognitive depression models and treatments may benefit from including time perspective measures. Further implications of the results are discussed.
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The Role of Perceived Social Support and Stress in the Relationship between Hope and Depression among Chinese Shadow Education Tutors: A Serial Mediation Model. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19063348. [PMID: 35329036 PMCID: PMC8951324 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The association between hope and depression has been studied, leaving the underlying mechanism of how hope might predict depression unexplored. With a cross-sectional design, this study investigated two possible mediating factors in the relationship between hope and depression among Chinese shadow education tutors, who confront a high turnover rate and are at high risk for depression. Altogether, 221 tutors participated in the survey, and reported their dispositional hope, perceived social support (PSS), perceived stress (PS), and depression. Results indicated that both PSS and PS mediated the relationship between hope and depression. Results also supported the hypothesized serial mediating effect. In other words, hope as a positive disposition may promote PSS, which can mitigate PS. The reduced PS, in turn, alleviates depression. This finding not only shed light on the independent and accumulative mediating effects of PSS and PS, but also has implications for preventive interventions among Chinese shadow education tutors experiencing the enormous pressure of instability. This serial mediation model should be confirmed by further longitudinal study.
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Marciano H, Eshel Y, Kimhi S, Adini B. Hope and Fear of Threats as Predictors of Coping with Two Major Adversities, the COVID-19 Pandemic and an Armed Conflict. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19031123. [PMID: 35162144 PMCID: PMC8834741 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Coping with adversities has been explained by two major theories: the fear appeal theory and the hope theory. The predictability of hope with that of fear of threats as variables explaining coping with two major adversities, the COVID-19 pandemic and an armed conflict, was compared. Participants were approached via an internet panel company in two different times: (1) January 2021 (N = 699; age range: 18–82; 330 women), during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel and (2) May 2021 (N = 647; age range: 19–83; 297 women), during an armed conflict between Israel and Hamas. Participants self-reported on hope, four perceived threats (health, economics, security, and political), well-being, individual resilience, societal resilience, and distress symptoms (anxiety and depression symptoms) were collected. Hope was found as a more consistent and stronger predictor of the following expressions of coping: well-being, individual and societal resilience, depression, and anxiety. It can be concluded that hope is a better and more consistent predictor of coping, as well as coping suppressing expressions, compared with fear of threats, in the face of the current adversities. The innovative nature of these findings, the importance of hope as a coping supporter, and the need for replicating these innovative results are discussed and elaborated.
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- Hadas Marciano
- Stress and Resilience Research Center, Tel-Hai College, Tel Hai 1220800, Israel; (Y.E.); (S.K.)
- The Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM), University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
- Correspondence:
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- Stress and Resilience Research Center, Tel-Hai College, Tel Hai 1220800, Israel; (Y.E.); (S.K.)
- Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Stress and Resilience Research Center, Tel-Hai College, Tel Hai 1220800, Israel; (Y.E.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Management, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel;
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Cunningham M, Francois S, Scott K. Perceived parenting practices associated with African American adolescents' future expectations. ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR 2022; 64:217-253. [PMID: 37080670 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2022.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The current chapter investigated perceived parenting practices associated with future expectations in a sample of African American adolescents and how these relations varied across self-processes (i.e., hope, self-esteem, racial identity). Specifically, 358 low-income, African American high school students were surveyed to examine the role of perceived parenting practices in youth's aspirations and expectations. Structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that general parenting practices (i.e., support, monitoring, and consistent discipline) and racial socialization (i.e., preparation for bias, cultural socialization) significantly predicted positive future expectations, particularly for adolescents with low self-esteem. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed. Importantly, the results contribute to understanding of the developmental cascades of parenting practices and racial socialization in the everyday experiences of African American populations.
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- Michael Cunningham
- Tulane University, Department of Psychology, New Orleans, LA, United States.
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- Tulane University School of Social Work, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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Racial Discrimination Stress, School Belonging, and School Racial Composition on Academic Attitudes and Beliefs among Black Youth. SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/socsci9110191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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It is important to consider racialized experiences and proximal indicators of academic success for Black youth when understanding the achievement gap. Acknowledging that racial discrimination is detrimental for the academic success of Black youth, this study extended previous research by examining the influence of racial discrimination stress. Using hierarchical regression analysis and a moderated moderation model, this study examined racial discrimination stress and school belonging as predictors of academic attitudes and beliefs among 344 Black youth (M age = 15.6). Additionally, we examined the interactive effects of school belonging as a buffer for racial discrimination stress, with particular focus on majority White schools. Analyses revealed that school belonging was linked with academic competence, academic efficacy, and academic skepticism. Furthermore, school belonging buffered the impact of racial discrimination stress on academic efficacy among Black youth in majority White schools. These findings highlight the co-occurrence of risk and protective factors among Black youth and demonstrate the additive influence of school racial composition on academic attitudes and beliefs. The practical and theoretical implications of these findings demonstrate the crucial role of school context in understanding risk and protective factors for the academic attitudes and beliefs of Black youth.
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Karaman MA, Vela JC, Garcia C. Do hope and meaning of life mediate resilience and life satisfaction among Latinx students? BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2020.1760206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Mehmet A. Karaman
- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilis, Turkey
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- Department of Counseling, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
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Valois RF, Zullig KJ, Brown LK, Carey MP, Vanable PA, Romer D, DiClemente RJ. Is the Brief Multidimensional Student's Life Satisfaction Scale Valid and Reliable for African American Adolescents? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH EDUCATION 2019; 50:344-355. [PMID: 32983312 PMCID: PMC7518648 DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2019.1662348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Health promotion/education strive to promote healthful conditions that improve quality of life1 based on the perceptions of those whose lives are affected.2-4 Though health promotion/education might have instrumental value in reducing risks for premature morbidity and mortality, their ultimate value lies in contributions to quality of life.1 Life satisfaction (LS) has been defined as an individual's assessment of their quality of life based upon personal criteria5,6 and linked to adolescent health risk behaviors7,8 and developmental assets.9. PURPOSE We investigated the psychometrics of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale [BMSLSS] with an adolescent sample of African Americans (N=1,658) from four mid-sized cities in the United States (US). Reliability and validity of the BMSLSS has not been determined for samples of exclusively African American adolescents. METHODS Data analysis included calculating mean ratings, standard deviations and effect sizes (Cohen's d) and inspecting the scale's internal structure, reliability, and relationships to other variables. RESULTS Evidence of internal structure, internal consistency reliability, and hypothesized relationships to other variables for participants were determined. TRANSLATION TO HEALTH EDUCATION PRACTICE The BMSLSS is a useful indicator of LS for research and health education assessment purposes among African American adolescents where brevity of psychometric measures is imperative.
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- Robert F Valois
- Department of Health Promotion, Education & Behavior, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
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- Miriam Hospital and Brown University, Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI, 02903 USA
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- Miriam Hospital and Brown University, Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI, 02903 USA
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
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- Adolescent Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003 USA
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Chang EC, Chang OD, Li M, Xi Z, Liu Y, Zhang X, Wang X, Li Z, Zhang M, Zhang X, Chen X. Positive emotions, hope, and life satisfaction in Chinese adults: a test of the broaden-and-build model in accounting for subjective well-being in Chinese college students. JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2019.1579358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Edward C. Chang
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Beijing City University, Beijing, China
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- Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Lee DB, Heinze JE, Neblett EW, Caldwell CH, Zimmerman MA. Trajectories of Racial Discrimination that Predict Problematic Alcohol Use among African American Emerging Adults. EMERGING ADULTHOOD (PRINT) 2018; 6:347-357. [PMID: 33833905 PMCID: PMC8025965 DOI: 10.1177/2167696817739022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The association between racial discrimination (discrimination) and problematic alcohol use in African American (AA) emerging adults is well documented. Few researchers, however, have studied the longitudinal relationship between discrimination and problematic alcohol use among AA male and female emerging adults. In a sample of 681 AAs aged 19-25 (51% male), we explored multiple, distinct trajectories of discrimination and socio-demographic predictors of the trajectory classifications. We also examined the relation between discrimination trajectories and problematic alcohol use and the extent to which sex modified these associations. Collectively, the findings revealed that three trajectories - high-stable, low-rising, and low-declining - characterized discrimination experiences for AA emerging adults. Males in the high-stable trajectory class reported more problematic alcohol use than males in other trajectory classes and all females. These findings lay the foundation for future research that examines gender-specific mechanisms in the discrimination-health link.
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- Daniel B Lee
- Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Hope Above Racial Discrimination and Social Support in Accounting for Positive and Negative Psychological Adjustment in African American Adults: Is “Knowing You Can Do It” as Important as “Knowing How You Can”? COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10608-018-9949-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Yaghoobzadeh A, Gorgulu O, Yee BL, Wibisono AH, Pahlevan Sharif S, Sharif Nia H, Allen KA. A Model of Aging Perception in Iranian Elders With Effects of Hope, Life Satisfaction, and Socioeconomic Status: A Path Analysis. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2018; 24:522-530. [PMID: 29357723 DOI: 10.1177/1078390317753676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aging perception plays a central role in the experience of healthy aging by older people. Research identified that factors such as hope, life satisfaction, and socioeconomic status influence the perception of aging in older populations. OBJECTIVE This study sought to test a hypothetical model to quantitatively evaluate the relationship between hope, life satisfaction, and socioeconomic status with aging perception. DESIGN A cross-sectional design was used with 504 older aged participants who live in Qazvin, Iran. Data were collected using the Barker's Aging Perception Questionnaire, Life Satisfaction Index-Z, and Herth Hope Index. RESULTS The results of path analysis showed that hope was the most important factor affecting aging perception. Results drawn from correlation analysis indicated that there was a positive significant correlation ( r = .383, p < .001) between hope and aging perception. Further analysis found that hope had the strongest impact on aging perception compared with the other variables analyzed (e.g., life satisfaction and socioeconomic status). CONCLUSIONS A model of aging perception in Iranian elders is presented. The findings suggested that hope had a significant and positive impact on aging perception. Implications for clinical practice and research are discussed.
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- 2 Ozkan Gorgulu, PhD, Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir, Turkey
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- 3 Bit-Lian Yee, MSc, Open University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 6 Hamid Sharif Nia, PhD, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- 7 Kelly A. Allen, PhD, University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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McDermott RC, Cheng HL, Wong J, Booth N, Jones Z, Sevig T. Hope for Help-Seeking: A Positive Psychology Perspective of Psychological Help-Seeking Intentions. COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0011000017693398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the present study, we used multigroup structural equation modeling in a sample of college students ( N = 2,461) to examine ethnic and gender differences in the connections between dispositonal hope and intentions to seek psychological help from formal and informal sources. In a personal-emotional problem scenario, we found a robust positive relationship between hope and intentions to seek help from informal sources, but no association for formal sources. In a suicidal thoughts scenario, hope was positively associated with intentions to seek both informal and formal psychological help. Results of exploratory moderation analyses indicated that the model was invariant across non-Latino White students and Asian American students, as well as across men and women. These findings address critical gaps in the hope and help-seeking literature, and suggest that increasing college students’ dispositional hope may provide a unique positive psychology-focused avenue for increasing help-seeking intentions, even within underserved populations.
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Greer TM. Measuring Coping Strategies Among African Americans: An Exploration of the Latent Structure of the COPE Inventory. JOURNAL OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0095798407302539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The purpose of this investigation was to examine the latent factor structure of the Coping With Problems Experienced (COPE) inventory, and to compare this structure to an imposed, culturally relevant latent structure with a sample of African Americans. The alternate, latent structure was derived from an Africentric framework, as well as from empirical findings on coping behaviors of African Americans. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test both models. CFA results indicated that the alternate latent structure represented the best overall fit to the data, with the original latent structure yielding a moderately acceptable fit. Implications for the use of the COPE with African Americans are discussed.
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Mosher CE, Prelow HM, Chen WW, Yackel ME. Coping and Social Support as Mediators of the Relation of Optimism to Depressive Symptoms Among Black College Students. JOURNAL OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0095798405282110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This investigation examines mechanisms through which optimism may influence psychological adjustment among 133 Black college students. Specifically, this study evaluates the extent to which active and avoidant coping and social support account for the association between optimism and depressive symptoms. Participants completed questionnaires that included the Life Orientation Test-Revised, the COPE, the Social Provisions Scale, and the 12-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Avoidant coping and social support mediated the relation between optimism and depressive symptoms, whereas active coping did not mediate this relationship. Results partially replicate those of prior research and illustrate the need for culturally sensitive theory regarding the combined effect of personality, coping strategies, and social support on psychological adjustment to stressful situations.
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The purpose of this article is to discuss the psychological and emotional effects of racism on people of Color. Psychological models and research on racism, discrimination, stress, and trauma will be integrated to promote a model to be used to understand, recognize, and assess race-based traumatic stress to aid counseling and psychological assessment, research, and training.
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Lorenz T, Frischling C, Cuadros R, Heinitz K. Autism and Overcoming Job Barriers: Comparing Job-Related Barriers and Possible Solutions in and outside of Autism-Specific Employment. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147040. [PMID: 26766183 PMCID: PMC4713226 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to discover how individuals with autism succeed in entering the job market. We therefore sought to identify expected and occurred barriers, keeping them from taking up and staying in employment as well as to identify the solutions used to overcome these barriers. Sixty-six employed individuals with autism--17 of them with autism-specific employment--participated in an online survey. Results showed a variety of possible barriers. Individuals in autism-specific employment named formality problems--problems with organizational and practical process-related aspects of the job entry--most frequently while individuals in non-autism-specific employment mentioned social problems--obstacles concerning communication and human interaction--most. In terms of solutions, both groups used their own resources as much as external help, but differed in their specific strategies. In addition, correlations of an autism-specific employment with general and occupational self-efficacy as well as life and job satisfaction were examined. Possible implications of the results are discussed with regard to problem solving behavior and the use of strengths.
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- Timo Lorenz
- Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Kwon P, Birrueta M, Faust E, Brown ER. The Role of Hope in Preventive Interventions. SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Du H, Bernardo AB, Yeung SS. Locus-of-hope and life satisfaction: The mediating roles of personal self-esteem and relational self-esteem. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lee DB, Neblett EW, Jackson V. The Role of Optimism and Religious Involvement in the Association Between Race-Related Stress and Anxiety Symptomatology. JOURNAL OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1177/0095798414522297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This study examined the associations between individual, institutional, and cultural race-related stress and somatic and cognitive anxiety. We adopted a risk and resilience framework to investigate the protective role of optimism and religious involvement in the race-related stress-anxiety link. A total of 171 African American young adults completed measures of race-related stress, optimism, religious involvement, and anxiety symptomatology. Institutional race-related stress was positively associated with cognitive and somatic anxiety. Optimism moderated the association between individual race-related stress and cognitive anxiety. Religious involvement enhanced the protective function of optimism in the association between individual and cultural race-related stress and cognitive anxiety. These results illustrate the utility of a multidimensional framework for understanding the impact of race-related stress on anxiety symptomatology. Moreover, the pattern of findings suggests that high religious involvement and high optimism may produce the most advantageous outcomes with respect to the association between race-related stress and anxiety in African American young adults.
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- Daniel B. Lee
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Coleman MN, Chapman S, Wang DC. An Examination of Color-Blind Racism and Race-Related Stress Among African American Undergraduate Students. JOURNAL OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.1177/0095798412469226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study examined the role of color-blind racial ideology among a sample of 152 African American undergraduate students in relation to race-related stress. We hypothesized that those who endorsed relatively higher color-blind racial attitudes would experience greater race-related stress because experiences with racism would be interpreted as more taxing without an operating framework of extant racism in the United States. Contrary to our hypothesis, after controlling for overall well-being, trait-level positive and negative affect, and racial identity, we found color-blind racial attitudes to be a negative predictor of race-related stress. This finding indicates that moderate levels of color-blind attitudes may act as a buffer against race-related stress among undergraduate students who possess an overall sense of well-being. A detailed discussion of the findings and implications for future research is provided.
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Levi O, Liechtentritt R, Savaya R. Posttraumatic stress disorder patients' experiences of hope. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2012; 22:1672-1684. [PMID: 22923386 DOI: 10.1177/1049732312458184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this qualitative study we examined the experience and perception of hope of 10 Israeli soldiers with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with the goal of achieving an understanding of the manners in which hope intertwines with trauma. The results indicate that hope is an integrative, changing, multidimensional phenomenon which plays a unique role in the individual's life. Viewing hope as a crucial aspect of human life was further evident when participants referred to the traumatic event. Hope and trauma are interconnected phenomena. The form of hope a person possesses thus shapes the manner in which the traumatic event is perceived, whereas the trauma clearly reshapes the individual's form of hope. We discuss practical implications for treatment of chronic PTSD, based on the important role of hope at times of trauma, as well as on the interrelation between hope and trauma.
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- Ofir Levi
- Israel Defense Force, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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West-Olatunji CA, Frazier KN, Guy TL, Smith AJ, Clay L, Breaux W. The Use of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model to Understand a Vietnamese American: A Research Case Study. JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2007.tb00048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Banks KH, Singleton JL, Kohn-Wood LP. The Influence of Hope on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms. JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2008.tb00085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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West LM, Donovan RA, Roemer L. Coping With Racism: What Works and Doesn’t Work for Black Women? JOURNAL OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1177/0095798409353755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has deleterious effects on Black Americans. However, there is minimal empirical research on the influence of gender and coping on the relationship between PRD and mental health. This study posited that coping style (i.e., problem-focused coping and avoidant coping) would moderate the relationship between PRD and depressive symptoms in Black women. The sample included 91 Black women (mean age of 23.32 years) from an urban New England university. The Schedule of Racist Events, the Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced scale, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale were used to measure PRD, coping style, and depressive symptoms, respectively. Multiple regressions showed that problem-focused and avoidant coping significantly moderated the relationship between lifetime PRD and depressive symptoms. In addition, avoidant coping significantly moderated the relationship between recent PRD and depressive symptoms. The directions of these findings indicate that higher levels of problem-focused coping may buffer the effects of PRD on depressive symptoms, and higher levels of avoidant coping may exacerbate the effects. Implications for Black women’s resiliency and susceptibility to mental health distress are discussed.
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Brondolo E, Brady Ver Halen N, Pencille M, Beatty D, Contrada RJ. Coping with racism: a selective review of the literature and a theoretical and methodological critique. J Behav Med 2009; 32:64-88. [PMID: 19127420 DOI: 10.1007/s10865-008-9193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Racism is a stressor that contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in mental and physical health and to variations in these outcomes within racial and ethnic minority groups. The aim of this paper is to identify and discuss key issues in the study of individual-level strategies for coping with interpersonal racism. We begin with a discussion of the ways in which racism acts as a stressor and requires the mobilization of coping resources. Next, we examine available models for describing and conceptualizing strategies for coping with racism. Third, we discuss three major forms of coping: racial identity development, social support seeking and anger suppression and expression. We examine empirical support for the role of these coping strategies in buffering the impact of racism on specific health-related outcomes, including mental health (i.e., specifically, self-reported psychological distress and depressive symptoms), self-reported physical health, resting blood pressure levels, and cardiovascular reactivity to stressors. Careful examination of the effectiveness of individual-level coping strategies can guide future interventions on both the individual and community levels.
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Lewis-Coles MEL, Constantine MG. Racism-related stress, Africultural coping, and religious problem-solving among African Americans. CULTURAL DIVERSITY & ETHNIC MINORITY PSYCHOLOGY 2006; 12:433-43. [PMID: 16881748 DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.3.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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This study explored the extent to which three types of racism-related stress (i.e., individual, institutional, and cultural) would predict the use of specific Africultural coping strategies (i.e., cognitive/emotional debriefing, spiritual-centered, collective, and ritual-centered coping) and religious problem-solving styles (i.e., self-directing, deferring, and collaborative) in a sample of 284 African American men and women. The authors found that higher institutional racism-related stress was associated with greater use of cognitive/emotional debriefing, spiritual-centered, and collective coping in African American women. Findings also indicated that higher cultural racism-related stress was predictive of lower use of self-directing religious problem-solving in African American women. Moreover, higher perceived cultural racism-related stress was related to greater use of collective coping strategies in African American men. Individual racism-related stress was not predictive of any forms of Africultural coping strategies or religious problem-solving. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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