Reactions to racial discrimination: Emotional stress and help-seeking behaviors.

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dc.contributor.authorCarter, Robert T.
dc.contributor.authorForsyth, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:25Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:25Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis study examines Black, Latino, Asian American, American Indian and Biracial participants' (N = 260) emotional and psychological reactions to encounters with racism, and the help-seeking strategies they used to deal with those reactions. This class of participants is important to study because its members are likely to live and/or work in racially diverse environments. Participants who reported direct experiences with racism had higher levels of anxiety, guilt/shame, hypervigilance, and positive emotions than those who did not. Racial harassment (hostility) was associated with more hypervigilant and anxious reactions than racial discrimination (avoidance). Help-seeking patterns indicated that people of Color were more likely to seek help from friends and family than from mental health professionals. Practice and research implications are addressed.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0020102
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/oofn-gvs7
dc.identifier.citationCarter, Robert T. and Forsyth, Jessica (2010) Reactions to racial discrimination: Emotional stress and help-seeking behaviors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2 (3). pp. 183-191.
dc.identifier.issn1942-9681
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23227
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectdiscrimination
dc.subjectrace
dc.subjectemotional stress help-seeking
dc.titleReactions to racial discrimination: Emotional stress and help-seeking behaviors.
dc.typeArticle

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