When (passive) acceptance hurts: Race-based coping moderates the association between racial discrimination and mental health outcomes among Black Americans.

Yara MekawiSierra CarterGrace PackardShimarith WallaceVasiliki Michopoulos Abigail D Powers

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2021)

These results suggest that for Black Americans, coping with racism actively (vs. passively) may buffer the association between racial discrimination and psychological symptom severity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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