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The Association of Unfairness with Mental and Physical Health in a Multiethnic Sample of Adults: Cross-sectional Study.

Kenneth ResnicowMinal R PatelMolly GreenAlyssa SmithElizabeth BaconStefanie GoodellDylan KilbyMadiha TariqAsraa AlhawliNadia SyedJennifer J GriggsMatthew Stiffler
Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)
Our findings of a generally harmful effect of perceived unfairness on health are consistent with prior studies. Perceived unfairness may be one of the psychological pathways through which discrimination negatively impacts health. Future studies examining the relationships we observed using longitudinal data and including more objective measures of behavior and health status are needed to confirm and extend our findings.
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