“…In contrast, studies that examined coping as a mediator (e.g., Alvarez & Juang, 2010;Liang et al, 2007) considered the stress-coping theoretical framework; the choice of coping strategy was contingent on the nature of the stressor, and the mental health outcome was dependent on the effectiveness of coping. This perspective is consistent with the conceptualization of racism as a chronic stressor (Clark, Anderson, Clark, & Williams, 1999), and is based on Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) stress-coping process, in which coping is theorized to act as a mediator.…”