ArticleHealth equity2022
Police Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms in African American Women: The Intergenerational Impact of Genetic and Psychological Factors on Blood Pressure Study.
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- Adverse policing as a social exposome pathway: Implications for depression, cognition, and dementia risk.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- An evolutionary concept analysis of depression in Black mothers.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2024Review
- Bodily Harm: The Health Consequences of Policing in the United States.California law review · 2024Article
- The association of perceived ethnic discrimination and institutional verbal violence with chronic stress in an immigrant sample: The role of protective factors - results from the VIOLIN study.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
- Former Incarceration, Time Served, and Perceived Oral Health among African American Women and Men.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Anticipatory Race-Related Stress and General Worry Among Black Women Students at an HBCU: The Mediating Effects of Internal Psychological Resources.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
- Social Support Is Protective Against the Effects of Discrimination on Parental Mental Health Outcomes.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationArticle
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Abstract
Introduction: There are significant and pervasive disparities in police violence and discrimination toward African Americans/Blacks. It is possible that these disparities may lead to heightened vulnerability for poor mental health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the associations between experiences of police discrimination and depressive symptoms in a community-based sample of African American/Black women. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional multivariable regression analysis using data from the Intergenerational Impact of Genetic and Psychological Factors on Blood Pressure Study that were collected over a 4-year period from September 2015 to June 2019. Depressive symptoms were assessed using 21 items from the Beck Depression Inventory. Police discrimination was assessed by questionnaires ascertaining experiences of discrimination by police; harassment by police or security guards; and experiences of being unfairly stopped, searched, threatened, or abused by police. Results: The analytical sample included 214 participants. Nineteen percent of participants indicated that they believed they experienced harassment from security guards/police due to their race/ethnicity. Fourteen percent of participants indicated that they had been unfairly stopped, searched, questioned, or abused by police. Police harassment was associated with higher depressive symptoms by an average of 4.48 (standard error [ Conclusion: African American/Black women who experienced police discrimination experienced higher prevalence of depressive symptoms. There is an urgent need for reliable population-level data on police mistreatment and interventions at the individual, community, and societal levels.
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