Brown Tony N, Solazzo Alexa, Gorman Bridget K
Rice University.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Sociol Race Ethn (Thousand Oaks). 2021 Jan 1;7(1):101-115. doi: 10.1177/2332649220911387. Epub 2020 Mar 18.
This study examines the mental health significance of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election for black adults. His election was a milestone moment. Hence, we expect black adults would experience improved mental health after the first self-identified black person wins election to the most powerful position in the United States. Using nationally representative survey data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), we address this expectation by predicting poor mental health days that black adults report pre-election and post-election. We find no overall difference in poor mental health days between the time periods. However, a statistical interaction between gender and time period demonstrates black men report 1.01 fewer poor mental health days after the election, whereas black women report .45 more poor mental health days after the election.
本研究探讨了巴拉克·奥巴马2008年总统大选对成年黑人心理健康的意义。他的当选是一个具有里程碑意义的时刻。因此，我们预计在首位自我认同的黑人当选为美国最具权力的职位后，成年黑人的心理健康状况会有所改善。利用行为风险因素监测系统（BRFSS）具有全国代表性的调查数据，我们通过预测成年黑人在选举前和选举后报告的心理健康不佳天数来验证这一预期。我们发现不同时间段之间心理健康不佳天数没有总体差异。然而，性别与时间段之间的统计交互作用表明，黑人男性在选举后报告的心理健康不佳天数减少了1.01天，而黑人女性在选举后报告的心理健康不佳天数增加了0.45天。
