Race Attribution Modifies the Association Between Daily Discrimination and Major Depressive Disorder Among Blacks: the Role of Gender and Ethnicity
dc.contributor.author | Assari, Shervin | |
dc.contributor.author | Watkins, Daphne C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Caldwell, Cleopatra H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-11T20:05:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-11T20:05:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, vol. 1, no. 3, 2017, pp. 200-210 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/171271 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Objective Although the association between discrimination and depression among Blacks is well-known, we do not know if this effect is influenced by race attribution. In this current study, we investigated the effect modification of race attribution on the association between everyday discrimination and major depressive disorder (MDD) among Blacks in the United States, and whether this effect modification is influenced by the intersection of ethnicity and gender. Methods With a cross-sectional design, this study used data from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), 2001–2003. The study included a nationally representative sample of Blacks (n=5,008), composed of 3,570 African Americans and 1,438 Caribbean Blacks. Everyday discrimination, two single-item measures of race attribution (race as the major barrier against upward social mobility, and race as the main cause for being discriminated against) and 12-month MDD were measured. In the first step, we fit logistic regressions to the pooled sample. In the next step, we ran regressions specific to the intersections of ethnicity and gender. Interaction between race attribution and discrimination were also entered into the models. Results Among Caribbean Black men, the belief that race is a major barrier against one’s own upward social mobility modified the association between exposure to daily discrimination and MDD. In this group, the association between discrimination and MDD was weaker among those who believed that race is a major barrier against one's own upward social mobility. Race attribution did not modify the association between discrimination and MDD among African American men, African American women, and Caribbean Black women. The other measure of race attribution (race as the main cause of being discriminated against) did not modify the association between discrimination and MDD in any ethnicity by gender subgroups. Conclusions Among Caribbean Black men, the link between everyday discrimination and depression may depend on seeing race as the main barrier against upward social mobility. Among African American men and women, however, the link between discrimination and MDD does not depend on race attribution. Our results suggest that ethnicity, gender, and race attribution may alter the association between discrimination and risk of MDD among Blacks. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This was a secondary analysis of the public-access data set, the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). The NSAL was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and was conducted by the Institute of Social Research, at the University of Michigan. The data for the current study were downloaded from the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG | en_US |
dc.subject | Ethnicity | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
dc.subject | Depression | en_US |
dc.subject | Discrimination | en_US |
dc.subject | Race attribution | en_US |
dc.title | Race Attribution Modifies the Association Between Daily Discrimination and Major Depressive Disorder Among Blacks: the Role of Gender and Ethnicity | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Social Work, School of (SSW) | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Psychiatry | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | School of Public Health | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/171271/1/Assari2015_Article_RaceAttributionModifiesTheAsso.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s40615-014-0064-9 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/3784 | |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities | en_US |
dc.working.doi | 10.7302/3784 | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Social Work, School of (SSW) |
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