TY - JOUR
T1 - Gendered racism, anxiety, and depression
T2 - the mediating roles of gendered racialized stress and social isolation
AU - Nelson, Tamara
AU - Brown, Monique J.
AU - Garcia-Rodriguez, Isis
AU - Moreno, Oswaldo
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objective: Black women experience unique stressors linked to the intersection of racism and sexism (i.e. gendered racism). While the negative effects of gendered racism are associated with Black women's health, less is known about factors that describe these relationships. Design: Using data from 263 Black women, we used path analysis to examine direct and indirect effects of gendered racism on anxiety and depression through gendered racialized stress. We also examined the direct and indirect effects of gendered racialized stress on anxiety and depression through social isolation. Results: After adjusting for covariates, gendered racism, and gendered racialized stress were not statistically significant predictors of anxiety and depression. However, gendered racism was a statistically significant predictor of gendered racialized stress. Also, social isolation mediated the relationships between gendered racism, gendered racialized stress, and anxiety, as well as depression. Conclusions: Stress from gendered racism is associated with loneliness, which can negatively impact Black women's mental health. Findings suggest that gendered racialized stress and social isolation is important for understanding the relationship between gendered racism and mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression.
AB - Objective: Black women experience unique stressors linked to the intersection of racism and sexism (i.e. gendered racism). While the negative effects of gendered racism are associated with Black women's health, less is known about factors that describe these relationships. Design: Using data from 263 Black women, we used path analysis to examine direct and indirect effects of gendered racism on anxiety and depression through gendered racialized stress. We also examined the direct and indirect effects of gendered racialized stress on anxiety and depression through social isolation. Results: After adjusting for covariates, gendered racism, and gendered racialized stress were not statistically significant predictors of anxiety and depression. However, gendered racism was a statistically significant predictor of gendered racialized stress. Also, social isolation mediated the relationships between gendered racism, gendered racialized stress, and anxiety, as well as depression. Conclusions: Stress from gendered racism is associated with loneliness, which can negatively impact Black women's mental health. Findings suggest that gendered racialized stress and social isolation is important for understanding the relationship between gendered racism and mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression.
KW - Black women
KW - Gendered racism
KW - anxiety
KW - depression
KW - gendered racialized stress
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U2 - 10.1080/13557858.2021.2002826
DO - 10.1080/13557858.2021.2002826
M3 - Article
C2 - 34781804
AN - SCOPUS:85119373256
SN - 1355-7858
VL - 28
SP - 12
EP - 28
JO - Ethnicity and Health
JF - Ethnicity and Health
IS - 1
ER -