Title

Race - Related Stress and Mental Health in African Americans

Proposal Focus

Research

Presentation Type

Poster

Abstract

This study investigates how race-related stress affects mental health, specifically anxiety, in African Americans. Participants are 18-25 year old African American college students attending a Historically Black College in the Deep South. Race-related stress will be assessed by questionnaires measuring African Americans’ experiences of macro- and microaggressions. Participants will also complete a mental health survey to assess symptoms of anxiety. Data collection began in late October 2019 and we currently have over 350 participants. Questionnaire data will be entered into SPSS beginning in January 2020. We anticipate finding African Americans’ experiences of macro- and microaggressions will predict anxiety.

Keywords

Anxiety, race-related stress, African American

Location

Wyndsor II

Start Date

4-4-2020 10:15 AM

End Date

4-4-2020 11:15 AM

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Race - Related Stress and Mental Health in African Americans

Wyndsor II

This study investigates how race-related stress affects mental health, specifically anxiety, in African Americans. Participants are 18-25 year old African American college students attending a Historically Black College in the Deep South. Race-related stress will be assessed by questionnaires measuring African Americans’ experiences of macro- and microaggressions. Participants will also complete a mental health survey to assess symptoms of anxiety. Data collection began in late October 2019 and we currently have over 350 participants. Questionnaire data will be entered into SPSS beginning in January 2020. We anticipate finding African Americans’ experiences of macro- and microaggressions will predict anxiety.