The Role of Racial Identity in Perceived Racial Discrimination

This study examined the role that dimensions of racial identity play regarding the antecedents and consequences of perceived racial discrimination among African Americans. A total of 267 African American college students completed measures of racial identity, perceived racial discrimination, and psy...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2003-05, Vol.84 (5), p.1079-1092
Main Authors: Sellers, Robert M, Nicole Shelton, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans
African Americans - psychology
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Black college students
Black People
Case studies
College Students
Continental Population Groups
Distress
Ethnic Identity
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Identity
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Perceptions
Prejudice
Psychological Distress
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Race
Race and Ethnic Discrimination
Racial discrimination
Racial Identity
Racism
Regression Analysis
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social Identification
Social Perception
Social psychology
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Student Attitudes
Students - psychology
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Summary:This study examined the role that dimensions of racial identity play regarding the antecedents and consequences of perceived racial discrimination among African Americans. A total of 267 African American college students completed measures of racial identity, perceived racial discrimination, and psychological distress at 2 time points. After controlling for previous perceptions of discrimination, racial centrality was positively associated with subsequent perceived racial discrimination. Additionally, perceived discrimination was positively associated with subsequent event-specific and global psychological distress after accounting for previous perceptions of discrimination and distress. Finally, racial ideology and public regard beliefs moderated the positive relationship between perceived discrimination and subsequent distress. The results illustrate the complex role racial identity plays in the lives of African Americans.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.84.5.1079