Stock Michelle L, Peterson Laurel M, Molloy Brianne K, Lambert Sharon F
Department of Psychology, The George Washington University, 2125 G St. N.W., Washington, DC, USA.
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA.
J Behav Med. 2017 Jun;40(3):377-391. doi: 10.1007/s10865-016-9793-z. Epub 2016 Sep 19.
Racial discrimination is associated with alcohol use and risky sex cognitions and behaviors, which are risk factors for negative health outcomes, including human immunodeficiency virus infection. The current study investigated the causal impact of racial discrimination on alcohol and sexual-risk cognitions while exploring potential mediators that might help explain this relation: negative affect, perceived control, and meaningful existence. We also examined if past discrimination impacts the strength of (moderates) these effects. Participants were 287 Black/African American young adults aged 18-25. They were randomly assigned to be excluded or included by White peers via the game Cyberball. Racial exclusion (vs. inclusion) predicted greater: perceived racial discrimination, negative affect, alcohol use willingness, and reduced perceived control and meaningful existence. Furthermore, excluded participants who experienced more past racial discrimination reported the lowest perceived control, and greatest negative affect and alcohol-risk cognitions. The findings suggest that past racial discrimination exacerbates the harmful health effects of immediate experiences of discrimination.
种族歧视与饮酒以及危险的性认知和行为相关，而这些都是包括人类免疫缺陷病毒感染在内的负面健康结果的风险因素。本研究调查了种族歧视对酒精和性风险认知的因果影响，同时探索可能有助于解释这种关系的潜在中介因素：负面影响、感知控制和有意义的存在。我们还研究了过去的歧视是否会影响（调节）这些影响的强度。参与者为287名年龄在18至25岁之间的黑人/非裔美国青年。通过“赛博球”游戏，他们被随机分配为被白人同龄人排除或纳入。种族排斥（与纳入相比）预示着更高的：感知到的种族歧视、负面影响、饮酒意愿，以及更低的感知控制和有意义的存在。此外，经历过更多过去种族歧视的被排除参与者报告的感知控制最低，负面影响和酒精风险认知最高。研究结果表明，过去的种族歧视会加剧即时歧视经历对健康的有害影响。
