Department of Psychological Sciences, University of California, 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
J Behav Med. 2021 Aug;44(4):571-578. doi: 10.1007/s10865-021-00228-8. Epub 2021 Apr 27.
Research implicates experiences of discrimination in exacerbating cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk. Belongingness has been suggested as a buffer against the adverse effects of discrimination. However, when discrimination occurs in an environment to which one feels they belong, then the potential benefits of belongingness may dissipate or even exacerbate the effects of discrimination. In the present study, we examined these competing hypotheses on how campus belonging might moderate the relationship between discrimination experienced on campus and CMD risk. College students (n = 160, 60.9% Latino/a/x) reported the frequency of on-campus discrimination and campus belongingness, and then completed items assessing risk for CMD. More frequent discrimination related to higher comparative CMD risk among those who reported high campus belongingness, even after adjusting for relevant covariates. These findings highlight the complicated nature of belongingness in the context of physical health. Future research is needed to better understand the role of environment when considering morbidity among college students.
研究表明，歧视经历会加剧心血管代谢疾病（CMD）的风险。归属感被认为是缓冲歧视负面影响的因素。然而，当歧视发生在一个人们认为自己所属的环境中时，归属感的潜在好处可能会消失，甚至会加剧歧视的影响。在本研究中，我们检验了关于校园归属感如何调节校园歧视经历与 CMD 风险之间关系的这两种竞争性假设。大学生（n=160，60.9%拉丁裔/西班牙裔）报告了校园歧视和校园归属感的频率，然后完成了评估 CMD 风险的项目。在调整了相关协变量后，报告校园归属感高的学生中，歧视频率越高，与 CMD 风险的比较越高。这些发现强调了在考虑大学生身体健康时，归属感在环境背景下的复杂性。需要进一步的研究来更好地理解环境在考虑大学生发病率时的作用。
