Harrell Jules P, Hall Sadiki, Taliaferro James
Department of Pscyhology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2003 Feb;93(2):243-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.2.243.
A growing body of research explores the impact of encounters with racism or discrimination on physiological activity. Investigators have collected these data in laboratories and in controlled clinical settings. Several but not all of the studies suggest that higher blood pressure levels are associated with the tendency not to recall or report occurrences identified as racist and discriminatory. Investigators have reported that physiological arousal is associated with laboratory analogues of ethnic discrimination and mistreatment. Evidence from survey and laboratory studies suggests that personality variables and cultural orientation moderate the impact of racial discrimination. The neural pathways that mediate these physiological reactions are not known. The evidence supports the notion that direct encounters with discriminatory events contribute to negative health outcomes.
越来越多的研究探讨了遭遇种族主义或歧视对生理活动的影响。研究人员已在实验室和可控的临床环境中收集了这些数据。部分而非全部研究表明，较高的血压水平与不回忆或报告被认定为种族主义和歧视性事件的倾向有关。研究人员报告称，生理唤醒与种族歧视和虐待的实验室模拟情况有关。调查和实验室研究的证据表明，人格变量和文化取向会缓和种族歧视的影响。介导这些生理反应的神经通路尚不清楚。证据支持这样一种观点，即直接遭遇歧视性事件会导致负面的健康结果。
