Department of Psychology, Spelman College.
Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning, Northwestern University.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2022 Oct;28(4):557-566. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000398. Epub 2021 Oct 28.
Racism is a key determinant of mental health for African Americans. Although research has started to uncover moderators and mediators of the racism-health link, additional research in this area is warranted. Constructs that have yet to be examined in this link are self-compassion and self-coldness-two distinct ways of relating to oneself during adversity.
Data from 133 African American college students were used to assess parallel mediation models in which the frequency and stress appraisal of racism were the predictor variables, psychological distress was the outcome variable, and dimensions of self-compassion and self-coldness were treated as mediators.
Neither frequency nor appraisal of racism were related to the three types of self-compassion (i.e., self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness); yet, both racism frequency and appraisal were related to the three types of self-coldness (i.e., self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification). However, only self-judgment emerged as a significant mediator in the links between both frequency and appraisal of racism and distress, respectively.
Reducing self-coldness in the face of racism can be a promising, individual-level wellness strategy for African Americans. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
种族主义是影响非裔美国人心理健康的一个关键决定因素。虽然研究已经开始揭示种族主义与健康之间联系的调节因素和中介因素，但该领域仍需要进一步的研究。在这一联系中，尚未研究的结构是自我同情和自我冷漠——这是在逆境中对待自己的两种截然不同的方式。
使用来自 133 名非裔美国大学生的数据，评估了平行中介模型，其中种族主义的频率和压力评估是预测变量，心理困扰是结果变量，自我同情和自我冷漠的维度被视为中介变量。
种族主义的频率和评估都与自我同情的三个维度（即自我友善、共同人性和正念）无关；然而，种族主义的频率和评估都与自我冷漠的三个维度（即自我评判、孤立和过度认同）有关。然而，只有自我评判在种族主义频率和评估与困扰之间的联系中作为一个显著的中介出现。
在面对种族主义时减少自我冷漠可能是非裔美国人一个有前途的个体层面的健康策略。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
