Taking Racism to Heart: The Effects of Race-Related Stress on Cardiovascular Reactivity for Black/White Biracial People

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Brien, Karen Men_US
dc.contributor.authorFranco, Marisa Ginaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-12T06:31:33Z
dc.date.available2014-02-12T06:31:33Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThis within-groups experimental study examined whether two race-related stressors--social invalidation and discrimination from family--affect cardiovascular reactivity for Black/White Biracial adults (N = 60). This study also tested whether racial centrality moderates the link between race-related stress and cardiovascular reactivity. A mixed model was used to analyze differences in cardiovascular reactivity across control and racial stressor conditions. Findings revealed that discussing experiences of discrimination from family lowered systolic blood pressure. In contrast, in the recovery period following discussion of discrimination from family, systolic blood pressure increased. Social invalidation did not have any effects on cardiovascular reactivity. There was not support for the moderating role of racial centrality in the relationship between racial stress and cardiovascular reactivity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14952
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBiracialen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCardiovascular Reactivityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDiscriminationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPhysiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRacial Centralityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRacial Stressen_US
dc.titleTaking Racism to Heart: The Effects of Race-Related Stress on Cardiovascular Reactivity for Black/White Biracial Peopleen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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