ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2021
Microaggressions and Psychological Health Among College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Rumination and Social Structure Beliefs.
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- The Aversive Racism Theory of Cultural Appropriation: Attributions of Target Intent Suppresses Evaluations of Intergroup Harm.Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2026Article
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- Racial microaggressions as perceived chronic stressors: self-reported physiological symptoms, mental health outcomes, and occupational wellbeing in Malawian workplaces.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Workplace discrimination and harassment among Alberta postgraduate medical trainees: a cross-sectional survey.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Microaggression and discrimination exposure on young adult anxiety, depression, and sleep.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Discrimination, Health, and Resistance for Thai Transgender Women.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination among young adult college students: Prevalence rates and associations with mental health.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2023Article
- Influence of Social Exclusion on the Inferiority Feeling of Community Youth.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Racial microaggressions are common experiences for students of color on college campuses. Given prior research connecting microaggressions to negative mental health outcomes, it is important to better understand the social context and process through which microaggressions are associated with poorer mental health. In addition, we put forth a psycho-sociological approach to microaggressions, integrating an attention to both individual psychology and broader social structure. Specifically, the present study investigated whether the indirect association of school/workplace microaggressions and internalizing symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress) through problem-focused thoughts (a subset of ruminative thinking) differed as a function of horizontal and vertical dimensions of individualism and collectivism among a racially diverse sample of non-White college students (n = 549) from two universities in the USA. As hypothesized, problem-focused thoughts mediated the associations between school/workplace microaggressions and all three negative mental health symptoms. Furthermore, the indirect effect of school/workplace microaggressions on psychological health through problem-focused thoughts was stronger in students with high levels of vertical individualism (i.e., autonomous but recognize/accept inequality among individuals), compared to students with low or average levels. Our findings suggest that students of color who endorse vertical individualism are at a relatively greater risk of negative mental health outcomes related to school/workplace microaggressions via problem-focused thoughts. Future research is needed to examine additional factors that may buffer or strengthen the pathways between microaggressions and negative mental health in students of color.
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