Lincoln Karen D
University of Southern California.
J Black Psychol. 2007 Nov;33(4):439-462. doi: 10.1177/0095798407307045.
This study examines the impact of financial strain, social support, and negative interactions on depressive symptoms among African Americans and the role of mastery as a mediator in these relationships. Structural equation modeling and baseline data from the Americans' Changing Lives Study were used to test these relationships among a sample of African Americans aged 50 to 96 years (N = 583). Findings illustrate the mechanistic pathways whereby financial strain is associated with depressive symptoms. Moreover, the study findings give further credence to the notion that positive and negative aspects of social relationships are distinctive with respect to social status factors, financial strain, and their relationship to depressive symptoms. This research suggests that mastery is an important mechanism linking negative interaction to mental health. The collection of findings provide a number of provocative departures from research conducted primarily using White samples and identifies important areas of intervention with older African Americans.
本研究考察了经济压力、社会支持和负面互动对非裔美国人抑郁症状的影响，以及掌控感作为这些关系中介的作用。利用结构方程模型和来自“美国人生活变迁研究”的基线数据，对50至96岁的非裔美国人样本（N = 583）中的这些关系进行了检验。研究结果阐明了经济压力与抑郁症状相关的作用机制。此外，研究结果进一步证明了这样一种观点，即社会关系的积极和消极方面在社会地位因素、经济压力及其与抑郁症状的关系方面是有区别的。这项研究表明，掌控感是将负面互动与心理健康联系起来的重要机制。这些研究结果与主要以白人样本进行的研究相比有许多引人深思的不同之处，并确定了针对老年非裔美国人的重要干预领域。
