Open AccessPerceived Discrimination, Psychological Distress, and Current Smoking Status: Results From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Reactions to Race Module, 2004–2008
Author(s) -
Jason Q. Purnell,
Luke J. Peppone,
Kassandra I. Alcaraz,
Amy McQueen,
Joseph J. Guido,
Jennifer K. Carroll,
Enbal Shacham,
Gary R. Morrow
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.300694
Subject(s) - behavioral risk factor surveillance system , clinical psychology , logistic regression , mediation , psychological distress , ethnic group , distress , odds ratio , race (biology) , odds , association (psychology) , multivariate analysis , psychology , medicine , mental health , psychiatry , environmental health , population , botany , pathology , sociology , political science , anthropology , law , psychotherapist , biology
We examined the association between perceived discrimination and smoking status and whether psychological distress mediated this relationship in a large, multiethnic sample.