Race-Ethnicity, Social Roles, and Mental Health: A Research Update
| Autor: | Pamela Braboy Jackson, Christy L. Erving |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Adolescent Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Psychological Distress Racism Developmental psychology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Surveys and Questionnaires Ethnicity Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatric epidemiology Association (psychology) Minority Groups Disadvantage Aged media_common Medical sociology 030505 public health 05 social sciences Role Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Role theory Mental health United States Mental Health Female 0305 other medical science Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Meaning (linguistics) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 61:43-59 |
| ISSN: | 2150-6000 0022-1465 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0022146520902796 |
| Popis: | Social role involvement engenders sense of purpose and meaning to life, which sustains positive mental health. Racism within American society, however, results in experiences that disadvantage ethnoracial minorities, thus making it likely that social roles do not have universal remunerations. Using the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (N = 12,526), this study explores the association between role participation and psychological distress across nine ethnoracial groups. Results indicate that engaging in many roles is associated with better mental health for all ethnoracial groups. However, the combination of social roles has distinct effects for certain groups. We discuss the implications of the study findings for medical sociology, in general, and the social roles literature, in particular. |
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