Mekawi Yara, Hyatt Courtland S, Maples-Keller Jessica, Carter Sierra, Michopoulos Vasiliki, Powers Abigail
Emory School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
University of Georgia, Department of Psychology.
Clin Psychol Sci. 2021 Mar;9(2):183-196. doi: 10.1177/2167702620957318. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
Despite a consistent body of work documenting associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, the utility and validity of these findings have recently been questioned as some posit that personality traits may account for these associations. To test this hypothesis in a community sample of African Americans (=419, age=43.96), we used bivariate relations and hierarchical regression analyses to determine whether racial discrimination accounted for additional variance in depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms beyond the role of personality. Bivariate relations between personality traits and racial discrimination were small and positive (i.e.,s = ~.10). Regression results demonstrated that racial discrimination accounted for variance in depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress independent of personality traits (s<.01). These results suggest that personality traits do not fully explain associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, further supporting the detrimental impact of racial discrimination on the mental health of African Americans.
尽管有一系列持续的研究记录了种族歧视与负面心理健康结果之间的关联，但这些发现的效用和有效性最近受到了质疑，因为一些人认为人格特质可能解释了这些关联。为了在一个非裔美国人社区样本（N = 419，年龄 = 43.96）中检验这一假设，我们使用双变量关系和层次回归分析来确定种族歧视是否在人格作用之外，还能解释抑郁、焦虑和创伤后应激症状的额外方差。人格特质与种族歧视之间的双变量关系较小且呈正相关（即，r = ~.10）。回归结果表明，种族歧视独立于人格特质，能够解释抑郁、焦虑和创伤后应激方面的方差（p<.01）。这些结果表明，人格特质并不能完全解释种族歧视与负面心理健康结果之间的关联，进一步支持了种族歧视对非裔美国人心理健康的有害影响。
