Perry Jasmine S
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02119-5.
Black women face many health disparities, many of which are tied to the stress of being a marginalized group member. Resilience, defined as the ability to bounce back from adversity and continue with life, has been introduced as a method to buffer the stress that Black women experience and improve their outcomes. However, there is not a universally agreed-upon definition of resilience in the literature. Thus, it is unclear how resilience works broadly, particularly for Black women. It is important to explore whether resilience is as positive as many scholars have perceived it to be. The current review analyzes 28 empirical articles that looked at stress, resilience, and health outcomes in Black women. The review revealed that there are many inconsistencies in how both stress and resilience are measured. Further, the positive effects of resilience seem to be largely context-dependent and vary depending on the demographic and health outcomes explored.
黑人女性面临诸多健康差异，其中许多都与作为边缘化群体成员所承受的压力有关。复原力被定义为从逆境中恢复并继续生活的能力，已被引入作为一种缓冲黑人女性所经历的压力并改善其健康状况的方法。然而，文献中对于复原力并没有一个普遍认可的定义。因此，目前尚不清楚复原力在总体上是如何发挥作用的，尤其是对于黑人女性而言。探究复原力是否像许多学者所认为的那样具有积极作用非常重要。当前的综述分析了28篇实证文章，这些文章研究了黑人女性的压力、复原力和健康状况。该综述表明，在压力和复原力的衡量方式上存在许多不一致之处。此外，复原力的积极影响似乎在很大程度上取决于具体情境，并且会因所探讨的人口统计学特征和健康状况的不同而有所差异。
