Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
J Anxiety Disord. 2011 Mar;25(2):258-65. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.09.011. Epub 2010 Oct 30.
The present study examined the relationship between frequency of race based and non-race based discrimination experiences and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in a sample of 3570 African Americans, 1438 Afro Caribbeans, and 891 non-Hispanic Whites from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). Because GAD and the experience of racial discrimination are both associated with symptoms of worry and tension, we expected race based discrimination to predict GAD prevalence for African Americans, but not other groups. We did not expect non-race based discrimination to predict GAD. Results showed that while more frequent experiences of non-race based discrimination predicted GAD for all groups, experiencing race based discrimination was associated with significantly higher odds of endorsing lifetime GAD for African Americans only. Results are interpreted in light of the different contexts that these three ethnic groups represent relative to their history within the United States as well as their present day circumstances.
本研究调查了种族和非种族歧视经历的频率与广泛性焦虑症(GAD)之间的关系,样本来自于全国生活调查(NSAL)中的 3570 名非裔美国人、1438 名 AfroCaribbeans 和 891 名非西班牙裔白人。因为 GAD 和种族歧视的经历都与担忧和紧张的症状有关,我们预计种族歧视会预测非裔美国人的 GAD 患病率,但不会预测其他群体。我们预计非种族歧视不会预测 GAD。结果表明,尽管非种族歧视的经历越频繁,所有群体的 GAD 患病率越高,但对于非裔美国人来说,经历种族歧视与更高的终生 GAD 患病率显著相关。这些结果是根据这三个群体相对于其在美国的历史以及其目前的情况所代表的不同背景来解释的。