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Rumination partially mediates the associations between perceived ethnic discrimination, emotional distress, and aggression

Borders, Ashley, Liang, Christopher T. H.·2011·Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

Abstract

Research suggests that perceived ethnic discrimination is associated with poor psychological and physiological health. Rumination, or perseverative thoughts about negative experiences, may constitute a maladaptive coping strategy that mediates the associations between perceived discrimination, emotional distress, and aggression. Our sample consisted of 170 ethnic minority and 134 White American participants. For ethnic minority participants, we found a pattern of correlations consistent with rumination partially mediating a causal link between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, hostility, anger, and aggression. In White participants, by contrast, the significant associations between perceived discrimination and these indices of emotional and behavioral distress were not statistically mediated by rumination. We discuss possible theoretical and clinical implications of these results.

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Authors
Borders, A., & Liang, C. T. H.
Affiliations
  • The College of New Jersey (US)
  • University of La Verne (US)
Venue
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
Published
2011-04
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
125-133
ISSN
  • 1077-341X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0106
  • 1099-9809
OpenAlex
W2020515399
Cited by
147
References
78
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FWCI
22.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
rumination, perceived ethnic discrimination, emotional distress, aggression, hostility, anger, depressive symptoms, ethnic minorities, coping strategies, mediation, racial discrimination
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Aggression, Anger, Depression, Ethnicity, Female, Hostility, Humans, Male, Perception, Prejudice, Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Social Perception, Stress, Psychological, Thinking, Young Adult

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