Race-related stress and hopelessness in community-based African American adults: Moderating role of social support.

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary O. Odafe ◽  
Temilola K. Salami ◽  
Rheeda L. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Community Based ◽  
African American Adults ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Race Related Stress ◽  
Moderating Role

Promoting African American Activism: Experiences of Racism-Related Stress and Spirituality

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110349
Author(s):  
Tasha Prosper ◽  
George V. Gushue ◽  
Tina R. Lee
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Spiritual Coping ◽  
African American Adults ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Race Related Stress ◽  
Shed Light

This study investigates how spirituality, psychological orientation to religion, and racism-related stress are associated with African American activism. Measures of Race-Related Stress, Quest Religious Orientation, Fundamentalism Religious Orientation, and Intrinsic Spirituality were used as exogenous variables. African American Activism was the endogenous variable. Results based on a sample of 148 self-identified African American adults revealed that quest religious orientation, intrinsic spirituality, and racism-related stress were positively associated with activism-related behaviors, while fundamentalist religious orientation was negatively but not significantly associated with activism-related behaviors. Paths of a multiple regression model were analyzed using Mplus version 8. Findings shed light on the interplay of spiritual coping resources and the personal impact of racism in mobilizing an activist response to oppression.

Marital Status and Depressive Symptoms in African Americans: The Moderating Role of Social and Religious Resources

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2094281
Author(s):  
Beverly Rosa Williams ◽  
Randi M. Williams ◽  
Eddie M. Clark ◽  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
Emily Schulz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
African American Adults ◽  
Religious Social Support ◽  
Religious Resources

We examined the gendered role of social and religious resources in the association between marital status and depressive symptoms among a national probability sample of predominantly midlife and older African American adults ( N = 800). Greater levels of depressive symptoms were found for unmarried compared to married. A significant three-way interaction between marital status, gender, and resource variable was found only for religious social support. When religious social support was high, married men reported fewer depressive symptoms compared to nonmarried men ( p = .02). In contrast, when religious social support was high, nonmarried women reported fewer depressive symptoms than married women, but these differences only approached statistical significance ( p = .06). The role of religious resources on marital status and depression differed by sex in our sample of African American adults. Understanding these influences may help to address mental health needs of married and unmarried African Americans and suggest a potentially influential role for religious resources.

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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