Open AccessThe effect of early discrimination on accelerated aging among African Americans.
Author(s) -
Sierra Carter,
Mei Ling Ong,
Ronald L. Simons,
Frederick X. Gibbons,
ManKit Lei,
Steven R. H. Beach
Publication year - 2019
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/hea0000788
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , health and retirement study , demography , young adult , psychology , gerontology , medicine , life course approach , longitudinal study , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined the role of depressive symptoms in mediating the relationship between early life experiences of racial discrimination and accelerated aging in adulthood for African Americans (i.e., prediction over a 19-year period, from ages 10 to 29) after adjusting for gender and health behaviors.