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- Title
Buffers of Racial Discrimination: Links With Depression Among Rural African American Mothers.
- Authors
Odom, Erica C.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne
- Abstract
The current study examines racial discrimination as a predictor of depression in a sample of 414 rural, low-income African American mothers of young children. The potential moderating role of optimism and church-based social support was also examined. Mothers completed questionnaires when their child was 24 months old. Hierarchical regression revealed that mothers' perception of racism was a significant predictor of depression even after controlling for a variety of distal demographic characteristics and environmental stressors. Significant interactions suggested the importance of psychological and social characteristics in understanding maternal depression. Specifically, high levels of optimism and church-based social support buffered mothers from increased depressive symptomology attributable to perceived racism.
- Subjects
RACE discrimination -- Psychological aspects; DEPRESSION in women; AFRICAN American mothers; RURAL African Americans; LOW-income mothers; SOCIAL support
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 2010, Vol 72, Issue 2, p346
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00704.x