Neighborhood Racial Composition,Racial Discrimination,and Depressive Symptoms in African Americans |
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Authors: | Devin English Sharon F Lambert Michele K Evans Alan B Zonderman |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, The George Washington University, 2125 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20052, USA 2. Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224-6825, USA
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Abstract: | While evidence indicates that experienced racial discrimination is associated with increased depressive symptoms for African Americans, there is little research investigating predictors of experienced racial discrimination. This paper examines neighborhood racial composition and sociodemographic factors as antecedents to experienced racial discrimination and resultant levels of depressive symptoms among African American adults. The sample included 505 socioeconomically-diverse African American adults from Baltimore, MD. Study data were obtained via self-report and geocoding of participant addresses based on 2010 census data. Study hypotheses were tested using multiple pathways within a longitudinal Structural Equation Model. Experienced racial discrimination was positively associated with age and sex such that older individuals and males experienced increased levels of racial discrimination. In addition, the percentage of White individuals residing in a neighborhood was positively associated with levels of experienced racial discrimination for African American neighborhood residents. Experienced racial discrimination was positively associated with later depressive symptoms. Neighborhood-level contextual factors such as neighborhood racial composition and individual differences in sociodemographic characteristics appear to play an important role in the experience of racial discrimination and the etiology of depression in African American adults. |
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Keywords: | Racial discrimination African American Neighborhood racial composition Sociodemographics Racial health disparities |
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