Despite an overrepresentation of Black women in the criminal justice system, Black women’s mental health at the precarious intersection of race, gender, and community-based correctional supervision has been underresearched. Building on weathering theory, this study conceptualized criminal justice involvement as a social inequality that negatively affects Black women’s mental health. This study investigated the relationships between recent stressors, forms of social support, and depression through moderated regression analyses with a sample of 169 Black women on probation and parole. Almost half of the women met criteria for clinical levels of depression. Distinct forms of social support served as statistically significant protective factors between stressors and depression symptoms. Our findings highlight the importance of studying the mental health of Black women under correctional surveillance and bolstering multiple forms of support to promote their well-being. The impact of criminal justice involvement and institutional racism on Black women’s mental health requires further research.

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经受住缓刑和假释：社会支持对黑人女性近期压力事​​件和抑郁症状的保护作用

尽管在刑事司法系统中黑人女性的比例过高，但在种族、性别和基于社区的惩戒监督的不稳定交叉点上，黑人女性的心理健康问题一直没有得到充分研究。本研究以风化理论为基础，将刑事司法介入概念化为对黑人妇女的心理健康产生负面影响的社会不平等。本研究通过适度回归分析对 169 名缓刑和假释的黑人女性样本，调查了近期压力源、社会支持形式和抑郁症之间的关系。几乎一半的女性符合抑郁症临床水平的标准。不同形式的社会支持是压力源和抑郁症状之间具有统计学意义的保护因素。我们的研究结果强调了在惩教监督下研究黑人妇女的心理健康和支持多种形式的支持以促进她们幸福的重要性。刑事司法介入和制度种族主义对黑人妇女心理健康的影响需要进一步研究。