Download or read book Interpersonal Discrimination and Mental Health Among Minority Students at Predominantly White Institutions written by Marissa L. Cardwell and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large proportions of minority group members commonly report experiencing interpersonal racial discrimination in many different domains of their lives, and this exposure to discrimination may be particularly salient for minority group members attending Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). Persistent exposure to discrimination has been linked to diminished wellbeing. Given this link, research has begun to identify potential buffers to the association between racial discrimination and diminished mental health. One such protective factor is racial ideology. The current paper investigates whether racial identity attitudes serve as protective factors between racial discrimination and mental health outcomes using daily diary data from 146 students attending a large, midwestern PWI. Results show, among seven racial identity attitudes, assimilationist (believing in the integration and full participation of all racial groups into one culture) and private regard (having warm feelings toward the racial group to which one belongs) identities are protective against feelings of loneliness. However, the current analyses also show that nationalist beliefs (loyalty to one’s own racial group) magnify daily feelings of anger and anxiety when exposed to discrimination.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Stigma Discrimination and Health written by Brenda Major and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stigma leads to poorer health. In The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health, leading scholars identify stigma mechanisms that operate at multiple levels to erode the health of stigmatized individuals and, collectively, produce health disparities. This book provides unique insights concerning the link between stigma and health across various types of stigma and groups.
Download or read book Mental Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Experiences of Perceived Racial ethnic Discrimination and Stress Among Black African American Graduate Students on a Predominantly White Campus written by Fathiya Abdi and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significance: Experiences of discrimination are associated with increased stress and adverse influences on mental health outcomes. Though graduate students commonly experience stress and poor mental health, explorations of experiences of discrimination and their influence on stress among Black and/or African American (AA) graduate students is rare. Purpose: This study explored the experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination among Black/AA graduate students and how these experiences relate to experiences of chronic stress. Population: The participants in this study included 17 self-identified Black/AA graduate students attending a large public university in the Pacific Northwest. Methods: Utilizing face-to-face, semi-structured interviews, students discussed their experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination and their perceptions of how these experiences have contributed to chronic stress. Analysis: Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using grounded theory and thematic analysis through an inductive process. Results: Four major themes were identified: unfavorable treatment due to race and/or ethnicity across multiple environments; experiences of intense physiological, emotional responses to discrimination and processing complex decisions focused on optimizing their perceived safety; diverse strategies (thoughts and actions) to mitigate emotional and mental responses to discrimination; and strategies for improving the discriminatory climate. Qualitative analyses suggest that racial/ethnic discrimination is very frequently experienced by Black/AA graduate students and can impact their stress through emotional, mental and physiological responses to perceived discriminatory events. Participants described utilizing social support as a main coping strategy to mitigate the impacts of racial/ethnic discrimination. Implications: Further mixed methods research is needed to explore the association of racial/ethnic discrimination and chronic stress in an academic setting. Graduate institutions should consider investment in policies that target structural, institutional discrimination and racism and increase social support structures and mental health services for students.
Download or read book African American Students Mental Health and Academic Performance at Predominantly White Institutions of Higher Learning written by Dominic King and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using heuristic and qualitative methodology, this thesis investigates whether or not the mental health and academic performance of African Americans students are affected when they attend predominantly White institutions of higher learning. There has been much research done on many correlating subjects such as the effects of diversity on campuses, the effects of being a minority on a college campus, minority students' access to higher education, the role historically Black college and universities have played in providing African American students with access to higher education, the struggles African American students face on various campuses, and how the history of the United States plays a role in the education system today. This study suggests ways college and universities can assist their students by taking a critical look at their student populations to examine over- and underrepresentation of different races and training their clinicians in counseling students of diverse backgrounds.
Download or read book School Quality Achievement Bias and Dropout Behavior in Egypt written by Eric Alan Hanushek and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Standards Measurement Study No. 107. Lost investment opportunities for society and the inefficient provision of public schooling are just some of the reasons why developing countries are concerned with low school completion rates. This study
Download or read book The Psychology of Diversity written by James M. Jones and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psychology of Diversity presents a captivating social-psychological study of diversity, the obstacles confronting it, and the benefits it provides. Goes beyond prejudice and discrimination to discuss the personal and social implications of diversity for both majority and minority group members Considers how historical, political, economic, and societal factors shape the way people think about and respond to diversity Explains why discrimination leads to bias at all levels in society – interpersonal, institutional, cultural, and social Describes proven techniques for improving intergroup relations Examines the brain's impact on bias in clear terms for students with little or no background in neuroscience Includes helpful study tools throughout the text as well as an online instructor’s manual
Download or read book Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health written by Carol S. Aneshensel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook describes ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members, and shapes the lives of those who have been identified as mentally ill. The text explores the social conditions that lead to behaviors defined as mental illness, and the ways in which the concept of mental illness is socially constructed around those behaviors. The book also reviews research that examines socially conditioned responses to mental illness on the part of individuals and institutions, and ways in which these responses affect persons with mental illness. It evaluates where the field has been, identifies its current location and plots a course for the future.
Download or read book Hostile Contact written by Daniel E. Herda and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S., it is important to fully understand the character of interactions between individuals of different backgrounds. The current study advances this goal by analyzing experiences with interpersonal racial discrimination. Existing research demonstrates that reports of such antagonistic encounters are widespread. This persistent interracial hostility may hinder the country's adaptation to a more multi-racial reality. In three separate papers I consider the extent, correlates and consequences of interpersonal racial discrimination. The first paper examines how neighborhood racial composition can affect reports of discrimination. Using the Project for Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods and data from the U.S. Census, I analyze the discrimination experiences of black, Hispanic and white young adults. Results indicate different patterns across groups, which I characterize using the contact, group threat and ethnic density hypotheses. African Americans perceive the least discrimination in neighborhoods with few co-racial residents, following the contact hypothesis. Hispanics perceive the most discrimination in neighborhoods that are around half Hispanic and half non-Hispanic, following group threat theory. Finally, whites report decreasing discrimination levels as the neighborhood percentage white increases, following the ethnic density hypothesis. The causes and implications of these disparate patterns are discussed. The second paper examines whether experience with racial discrimination can perpetuate interracial hostility. I analyze how reported discrimination experiences are associated with negative racial attitudes among a sample of black, white and Hispanic adults from the Chicago Area Study. Further, I place such hostile experiences within one's totality of interracial experiences by simultaneously considering positive contact experiences (interracial friendship) and interracial proximity (neighborhood and workplace contact). Through this approach, I present a more holistic understanding of real-world interracial contact. Multivariate results indicate three distinct patterns. The first occurs commonly among Hispanics and suggests that friendship contact mitigates the negative attitudinal consequences of discrimination. The second occurs occasionally among African Americans and suggests that friendship is beneficial only for those not experiencing discrimination. The final pattern, occurring among whites, suggests that the consequences of discrimination grow more extreme with greater interracial neighborhood contact. The final paper examines the understudied phenomenon of racial discrimination fear. I consider the extent and correlates of these fears among a sample of black and Hispanic adolescents from the final wave of the Project for Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. I lay the groundwork for a new line of inquiry focused on discrimination fears and develop hypotheses linking fear to direct discrimination experience, indirect experience and environmental signals. Results show discrimination fear to be common among minority adolescents and more prevalent than among their parents. Multivariate results indicate that fears are most likely when one has experienced discrimination directly. Indirect experience also predicts greater fear, suggesting that the consequences of discriminatory acts are not limited to the immediate victim. Finally, among African Americans, the presence of racial out-groups in one's neighborhood acts as a signal for discrimination, resulting in greater fear.
Download or read book Assessing Racial Discrimination Experiences and Mental Health of Students of Color on a Predominantly White Campus written by Lee Vang and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study seeks to understand the racial discrimination experiences of students of color on a predominantly white campus and their perceived mental health. Racial tension exists between students of color and faculty and staff on this campus and in our larger commnunity, preventing the goal of equal access. Research shows that along with challenges, such as stress, from balancing classes, friends, homework, jobs and athletics, students of color have to learn how to cope with everyday subtle racial discrimination that lead to a higher level of societal pressure. These pressures can hinder their learning experiences; lower their life satisfaction and increase mental health issues. Using a qualitative approach the study investigates students of colors' racial discrimination experiences and their mental health. Data was gathered from February 2017 through March 2017 doing individual interviews. Data from the study resulted in the major themes: all acts of racial discrimination were in subtle forms and participants were unaware of the encounters until after the fact, psychologicai impacts include internalized racism and low self regard after the experience, and all participants conceded that more effort can be put into educating white students and staff on cultural competency and racial discrimination.
Download or read book Social Epidemiology written by Lisa F. Berkman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows the important links between social conditions and health and begins to describe the processes through which these health inequalities may be generated. It reviews a range of methodologies that could be used by health researchers in this field and proposes innovative future research directions.
Download or read book African American Psychology written by Faye Z. Belgrave and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American Psychology: From Africa to America, Fourth Edition provides comprehensive coverage of the field of African American psychology. Authors Faye Z. Belgrave and Kevin W. Allison skillfully convey the integration of African and American influences on the psychology of African Americans using a consistent theme throughout the text—the idea that understanding the psychology of African Americans is closely linked to understanding what is happening in the institutional systems in the United States. The Fourth Edition reflects notable advances and important developments in the field over the last several years, and includes evidence-based practices for improving the overall well-being of African American communities. New to the Fourth Edition Coverage of current issues affecting African Americans and causing changes in the social-political environment include the Black Lives Matter movement, racial trauma, and more. Content from blogs has been added to chapter-opening cover stories to reflect the more modern ways news and information are obtained. More coverage of literature and research on Blacks throughout the diaspora, especially in Africa, provide historical context and documents heterogeneity among African Americans in the United States. Expanded coverage of topics as a result of recent research includes LGBTQ individuals, African American fathers, colorism, intersectionality, electronic cigarettes, social media, and more.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Social Exclusion written by C. Nathan DeWall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Social Exclusion offers the most comprehensive body of social exclusion research ever assembled, and addresses the fundamental questions on why people have a need to belong, why people exclude others, and how people respond to various forms of social exclusion.
Download or read book Racial Climate and Institutional Support Factors Affecting Success in Predominantly White Institutions written by Michelle Denise Gilliard and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Institutional Racism in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology written by Suman Fernando and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the deep roots of racism in the mental health system. Suman Fernando weaves the histories of racial discourse and clinical practice into a narrative of power, knowledge, and black suffering in an ostensibly progressive and scientifically grounded system. Drawing on a lifetime of experience as a practicing psychiatrist, he examines how the system has shifted in response to new forms of racism which have emerged since the 1960s, highlighting the widespread pathologization of black people, the impact of Islamophobia on clinical practice after 9/11, and various struggles to reform. Engaging and accessible, this book makes a compelling case for the entrenchment of racism across all aspects of psychiatry and clinical psychology, and calls for a paradigm shift in both theory and practice.
