California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA.
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
J Health Soc Behav. 2023 Dec;64(4):520-536. doi: 10.1177/00221465231175942. Epub 2023 Jun 18.
This study investigates the relationship between allostatic load and a novel form of altruistic racism-related fear, or concern for how racism might harm another, which we term Using a subsample of Black mothers from the African American Women's Heart & Health Study (N = 140), which includes detailed health and survey data on a community sample of Black women in the San Francisco Bay Area, this study investigates the relationship between Black mothers' experiences with racism-related vigilance as it relates to their children and allostatic load-a multisystem metric of underlying health across multiple biological systems. Findings indicate that vicarious racism-related vigilance was positively associated with allostatic load (i.e., worse health). Findings highlight the salience of vicarious racism-related vigilance for the health of Black mothers, underscoring how intersections between race, gender, and parenthood result in susceptibility to unique forms of health-harming stress.
本研究调查了应激负荷与一种新形式的与利他主义种族主义相关的恐惧之间的关系，或者说对种族主义可能如何伤害他人的担忧，我们称之为“替代性种族主义相关警惕”。本研究使用来自非裔美国女性心脏与健康研究（African American Women's Heart & Health Study）的黑人母亲子样本（N=140），该研究包括了旧金山湾区黑人女性社区样本的详细健康和调查数据，调查了黑人母亲的种族主义相关警惕经验与子女的应激负荷（即健康状况更差）之间的关系。应激负荷是多个生物系统中潜在健康状况的多系统指标。研究结果表明，替代性种族主义相关警惕与应激负荷呈正相关（即健康状况更差）。研究结果突显了替代性种族主义相关警惕对黑人母亲健康的重要性，强调了种族、性别和父母身份之间的交叉如何导致易受独特形式的健康危害压力的影响。
