Open AccessDifferential relationships between social adversity and depressive symptoms by HIV status and racial/ethnic identity.
Author(s) -
Timothy J. Williamson,
Zanjbeel Mahmood,
Taylor Kuhn,
April D. Thames
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000458
Subject(s) - ethnic group , mental health , socioeconomic status , psychology , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , social support , psychiatry , medicine , demography , population , social psychology , paleontology , environmental health , macroeconomics , sociology , anthropology , economics , biology
Historically marginalized groups are likely to be exposed to social adversity, which predicts important mental health outcomes (e.g., depression). Despite the well-established relationship between adversity and poor health, few studies have examined how adversity differentially predicts mental health among people living with multiple, co-occurring marginalized identities or statuses. The current study fills this gap by examining whether relationships between social adversity and depressive symptoms differed between those living with or without a stigmatized disease (i.e., HIV) and/or marginalized racial/ethnic identity (i.e., African American).