The prevalence, distribution, and mental health correlates of perceived discrimination in the United States.
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...Examination of the funnel plot suggested that these studies were representative of both positive and negative stress responses....
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...…sufficient data for meta-analyses, we could not examine this relationship quantitatively (T. Brown et al., 2000; Gee, Spencer, Chen, Yip, & Takeuchi, 2007; Karlsen & Nazroo, 2002; Kessler et al., 1999; Loo et al., 2001; Mays & Cochran, 2001; Seifert, Bowman, Heflin, Danziger, & Williams, 2000)....
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...We also determined whether the type of perceived discrimination had an influence on our outcomes of interest....
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...2007) or as effects of lifetime discrimination and day-to-day discrimination are compounded (Kessler et al., 1999)....
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...These analyses suggest that the negative relationship between perceived discrimination and health is robust, even when controlling for potential confounding variables....
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...Banks et al. (2006) 570 Blacks Cross-sectional Anxiety & depressive symptoms Positive association Beiser and Hou (2006) 647 SE Asian refugees Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Bhui et al. (2005) 2054 UK workers Cross-sectional Anxiety & depression Positive association Birman et al. (2005) 269 Soviet immigrant teens in US Cross-sectional Russian identity Positive association American identity Inverse association Brody et al. (2006) 714 Black adolescents Longitudinal Conduct problems & depressive symptoms Positive association Brook et al. (2006a) 210 Black and Puerto Rican elementary kids Cross-sectional Rebellious behavior Positive association Brondolo et al. (2005) 420 Blacks & Latinos Cross-sectional Emotions of threat, harm, & anger Positive association Broudy et al. (2007) 113 Multiethnic adults Cross-sectional Daily moods (anger, sadness & nervousness) Positive association Bynum et al. (2007) 247 Black freshmen Cross-sectional Psychological distress Positive association Crouter et al. (2006) 218 Mexican American families Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Dyrbye et al. (2007) 3,080 U.S. medical students Cross-sectional Burnout, depressive symptoms, low QOL Positive association Gee et al. (2006b) 666 U.S. blacks, black & Latino immigrants Cross-sectional Mental Health Inverse association Gee et al. (2007b) 2,047 Asian American adults Cross-sectional Past year mental disorders Positive association Greene et al. (2006) 136 High school students Longitudinal Depressive symptoms self- esteem Positive association Self-esteem Inverse association Karlsen et al. (2005) 3,446 from 5 UK ethnic immigrants Cross-sectional Psychosis Positive association Anxiety or depressive disorder Positive association Khaylis et al. (2007) 91 Undergrad students Cross-sectional PTSD symptoms Positive association Lam (2007) 122 Vietnamese college students Cross-sectional Depression & anxiety symptoms Positive association Lam et al. (2005) 1,451 Teens in Hong Kong Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Life satisfaction & purpose Inverse association Lincoln et al. (2007) 4,915 African Americans & Caribbean Blacks Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Conditional association Major et al. (2007) 3 Samples of Latino students (n = 191) Cross-sectional Self-esteem Inverse association Miller and Travers (2005) 208 UK minority ethnic teachers Cross-sectional Psychological symptoms (GHQ) Positive association Job satisfaction Inverse association Montgomery and Foldspang (2007) 131 Middle Eastern refugees in Denmark Cross-sectional Internalizing symptoms Positive association Externalizing symptoms No association Noh et al. (2007) 180 Adult Korean immigrants, Toronto Cross-sectional Positive affect Inverse association Depressive symptoms Positive association Oppedal et al. (2005) 1,275 Immigrant 10th graders in Norway Cross-sectional Psychiatric problems Positive association Pantzer et al. (2006) 1,246 Native and immigrant adolescents in Spain Cross-sectional Health related quality of life Inverse association Pole et al. (2005) 668 Hispanic, white and black police officers Cross-sectional PTSD symptoms Positive association Table 1 Continued Study Sample size Design Outcome variables Findings Poyrazli and Lopez (2007) 439 International & U.S. college students Cross-sectional Homesickness Positive association Romero et al. (2007) 519 Latino & non-Latino teens Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms, drug use & violence Positive association Salvatore and Shelton (2007) 250 University students Laboratory Cognitive functioning Inverse association Schulz et al. (2006b) 700 Black women Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Sheridan (2006) 222 British Muslims Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Siefert et al. (2007) 824 Black mothers Cross-sectional Probable depression Positive association Simons et al. (2006) 332 Black teen males Longitudinal Violent delinquency Positive association Smokowski and Bacallao (2007) 323 Latino teens Cross-sectional Internalizing problems and low self-esteem Positive association Steffen and Bowden (2006) 168 Hispanic-American immigrants Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Sleep disturbance Positive association Stevens et al. (2005a) 1,127 Moroccan immigrant teens in Netherlands Cross-sectional Externalizing behaviors Positive association Stevens et al. (2005b) 1,127 Moroccan immigrant teens in Netherlands Cross-sectional Internalizing problems Positive association Umaña-Taylor and Updegraff (2007) 273 Latino adolescents Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Utsey and Hook (2007) 215 Black college students Cross-sectional Psychological distress Positive association Utsey et al. (2006) 323 U.S. black adults Cross-sectional Quality of life Conditional association Veling et al. (2007) 459 Ethnic minorities in The Netherlands Cross-sectional Incidence of psychotic disorders Positive association Vines et al. (2006) 476 Black women Cross-sectional Negative emotions Positive association Wadsworth et al. (2007) 626 Blacks, whites, & Bangladeshis Cross-sectional Psychological distress Conditional association Wagner and Abbott (2007) 120 Diabetic blacks Cross-sectional Depression Positive association Waltermaurer et al. (2006) 88 Black women Cross-sectional Intimate partner violence Positive association Wamala et al. (2007b) 33,328 Swedish adults Cross-sectional Psychological distress Positive association Yoder et al. (2006) 212 American Indian youth Cross-sectional Suicidal ideation Positive association...
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...We wish to thank Steven Beeber and Gabriel Sirota for assistance with preparing the manuscript and Manuela Costa for assistance with the research....
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...Studies in Norway (Oppedal et al. 2005), Denmark (Montgomery and Foldspang 2007), the Netherlands (Veling et al. 2007; Stevens et al. 2005a), Spain (Pantzer et al. 2006), Bosnia, Croatia and Austria (Sujoldzic et al. 2006), Hong Kong (Lam et al. 2005) and Canada (Beiser and Hou 2006; Noh et al. 2007; Etowa et al. 2007) have examined the association between perceived discrimination and health for multiple immigrant groups....
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...In contrast, the approach of Williams and his colleagues (Williams et al. 1997; Kessler et al. 1999) frames the questions about discrimination in terms of unfair treatment and asks about attribution only after a behaviorally descriptive experience, without emotionally charged language, has been…...
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...…Bowden (2006) 168 Hispanic-American immigrants Cross-sectional Depressive symptoms Positive association Sleep disturbance Positive association Stevens et al. (2005a) 1,127 Moroccan immigrant teens in Netherlands Cross-sectional Externalizing behaviors Positive association Stevens et al. (2005b)…...
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...Studies that attempted to disentangle these effects have produced mixed results (Kessler et al. 1999, Magley et al. 1999, Taylor & Turner 2002, Williams 1997)....
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