Open AccessRacial Discrimination and Stress Across the Life Course
Author(s) -
Shan L. Gillespie,
Seuli BoseBrill,
Carmen Giurgescu,
Kaboni Whitney Gondwe,
Timiya S. Nolan,
Elizabeth J. Spurlock,
Lisa M. Christian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1538-9847
pISSN - 0029-6562
DOI - 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000525
Subject(s) - perceived stress scale , prenatal stress , clinical psychology , stress (linguistics) , psychology , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , pregnancy , medicine , life course approach , stress measures , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , gestation , developmental psychology , anxiety , philosophy , linguistics , biology , genetics
Among Black Americans, interpersonal racial discrimination is common. Stress, including following discrimination, contributes to pregnancy complications. In this secondary analysis, we provide data on associations among discrimination, stress, and their interaction across the life course and inflammation, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms during pregnancy.