ABSTRACT

We formulate a MIDUS longitudinal data-based multi-population LISREL model to gauge variation among Black and White Americans in the reciprocal relationship across time between perceived major and everyday discrimination, and psychological distress. Two hypotheses building on prior theory and empirical findings are generated: reciprocity between perceived discrimination and distress, and stronger reciprocity among Blacks. Here, “reciprocity” denotes positive effects of perceived discrimination and mental health problems such as distress on each other across time. Both hypotheses are supported for relationships between perceived everyday discrimination and distress. The model controls for several potentially relevant variables.

摘要

我们制定了一个基于 MIDUS 纵向数据的多人 LISREL 模型，以衡量美国黑人和白人在感知到的主要和日常歧视以及心理困扰之间的相互关系中的变化。两个假设建立在先前的理论和实证研究结果的基础上：感知到的歧视和痛苦之间的相互关系，以及黑人之间更强的相互关系。在这里，“互惠”表示随着时间的推移，感知到的歧视和心理健康问题（例如痛苦）对彼此产生的积极影响。这两个假设都支持感知到的日常歧视和痛苦之间的关系。该模型控制几个可能相关的变量。