Open AccessRacial discrimination and cortisol in African American emerging adults: The role of neighborhood racial composition.
Author(s) -
Daniel B. Lee,
Andria B. Eisman,
Sarah A. Stoddard,
Melissa K. Peckins,
Jason E. Goldstick,
HsingFang Hsieh,
Jaime Muñoz-Velázquez,
Marc A. Zimmerman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.049
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1939-0106
pISSN - 1099-9809
DOI - 10.1037/cdp0000217
Subject(s) - psychology , african american , composition (language) , racial composition , racial bias , asian americans , racial differences , racial group , race (biology) , racism , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , ethnic group , gender studies , sociology , anthropology , linguistics , philosophy
African American (AA) emerging adults may become more vulnerable to the consequences of racial discrimination (discrimination) as many begin to occupy racially mixed contexts. Little is known, however, about whether the effect of discrimination on cortisol concentration varies by neighborhood racial composition. We evaluated whether the percentage of White neighbors qualified the association between discrimination and overall cortisol concentration.