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Coping among Black college women: A transformative study of gendered racism.
- Source :
- Research in Nursing & Health; Feb2024, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p27-38, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Black women in the United States are placed at higher risk for mental health challenges, including distress and depression, due to structural inequities. Black college women enrolled in predominantly White institutions may be particularly exposed to stressors related to gendered racism, but there is limited knowledge about this population's coping strategies. A cross‐sectional survey and focus group were utilized to understand and disrupt participants' experiences of gendered racism. In phase one, a survey assessing coping strategies and mental health outcomes was conducted with 168 Black women enrolled at a predominantly White institution in the southeastern United States. Logistic regression results indicated that several coping strategies including behavioral disengagement, self‐blame, self‐distraction, denial, and positive reframing were significantly associated with depression and psychological distress, all p < 0.05. Phase two included a single focus group with a subset of the sample from phase one. The focus group findings supplemented the survey results, suggesting education (more accurately consciousness‐raising) as a foundational theme that seemed to create space for humor and social support as coping subthemes and created a transformative space where participants spoke openly about gendered racism. Findings from this study highlight the societal underpinnings that shape Black college women's experiences of gendered racism. College settings should endeavor to provide formal and informal support for Black women to minimize the harms related to gendered racism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of mental depression
COMPETENCY assessment (Law)
ANTI-Black racism
COGNITIVE restructuring therapy
SEXISM
FOCUS groups
WIT & humor
SOCIAL support
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
CONFIDENCE intervals
CROSS-sectional method
DISTRACTION
DENIAL (Psychology)
WOMEN of color
QUANTITATIVE research
REGRESSION analysis
UNDERGRADUATES
EXPERIENCE
QUALITATIVE research
STUDENTS
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
LOGISTIC regression analysis
PSYCHOLOGICAL disengagement
THEMATIC analysis
AFRICAN Americans
MINORITY students
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01606891
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Research in Nursing & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174881981
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22352