Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK.
University of Greenwich, London, UK.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 Oct;5(5):1118-1130. doi: 10.1007/s40615-018-0461-6. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
In this study, we examined the direct effect of (positive vs. negative) evaluation of potentially harassing experiences due to ethnic background on impaired well-being as well as the moderating effect of ethnic identity centrality on the relationship between (lower vs. higher) frequency of potentially harassing experiences and impaired well-being. Using a gender-balanced sample with equal proportions of black and minority ethnic and white undergraduate students (N = 240), we found that, expectedly, ethnic identity centrality intensified the effects of higher frequency of potentially harassing experiences on lower self-esteem and lower positive affect. Unexpectedly, however, gender identity centrality buffered the effects of higher frequency as well as more negative evaluation of potentially harassing experiences on lower self-esteem, indicating that gender identity centrality may be a protective resource, even though it is not specific to ethnic harassment. Exploratory analyses revealed that for black and minority ethnic respondents with high ethnic identity centrality and for white respondents with low ethnic identity centrality, there were associations between more negative evaluation of potentially harassing experiences and lower self-esteem and lower positive affect. This finding might indicate that ethnic identity centrality was a risk factor in black and ethnic minority respondents, but a protective factor in white respondents.
在这项研究中，我们考察了由于种族背景而导致的潜在骚扰经历的（积极与消极）评价对幸福感受损的直接影响，以及种族认同核心度对潜在骚扰经历（较低与较高）频率与幸福感受损之间关系的调节作用。我们使用了一个性别平衡的样本，其中包括黑人和少数族裔以及白人本科学生的比例相等（N=240），结果发现，预期的是，种族认同核心度加剧了较高频率的潜在骚扰经历对较低自尊心和较低积极情绪的影响。然而，出乎意料的是，性别认同核心度缓冲了较高频率以及对潜在骚扰经历的更负面评价对较低自尊心的影响，这表明性别认同核心度可能是一种保护资源，尽管它不是针对种族骚扰的。探索性分析表明，对于具有较高种族认同核心度的黑人和少数族裔受访者以及具有较低种族认同核心度的白人受访者，潜在骚扰经历的更负面评价与较低的自尊心和较低的积极情绪之间存在关联。这一发现可能表明，种族认同核心度是黑人和少数族裔受访者的风险因素，但对白人受访者则是保护因素。
