Odom Erica C, Vernon-Feagans Lynne
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Family Life Project Key Investigators, The University of North Carolina, The Pennsylvania State University.
J Marriage Fam. 2010 Apr;72(2):346-359. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00704.x.
The current study examines racial discrimination as a predictor of depression in a sample of 414 rural, low-income African American mothers of young children. The potential moderating role of optimism and church-based social support was also examined. Mothers completed questionnaires when their child was 24-months-old. Hierarchical regression revealed that mothers' perception of racism was a significant predictor of depression even after controlling for a variety of distal demographic characteristics and environmental stressors. Significant interactions suggested the importance of psychological and social characteristics in understanding maternal depression. Specifically, high levels of optimism and church-based social support buffered mothers from increased depressive symptomology due to perceived racism.
本研究以414名农村低收入非裔美国幼儿母亲为样本，考察种族歧视作为抑郁症预测因素的情况。同时还考察了乐观主义和基于教会的社会支持的潜在调节作用。母亲们在孩子24个月大时完成问卷调查。分层回归显示，即使在控制了各种远端人口统计学特征和环境压力源之后，母亲对种族主义的认知仍是抑郁症的重要预测因素。显著的交互作用表明心理和社会特征在理解母亲抑郁症方面的重要性。具体而言，高水平的乐观主义和基于教会的社会支持使母亲免受因感知到的种族主义而增加的抑郁症状的影响。
