The effects of contemporary redlining on the mental health of Black residents

Pearson, Amber L.; Zhou, Yuhong; Buxton, Rachel T.; Horton, Teresa H.; Pfeiffer, Karin A.; Beyer, Kirsten

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101462

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“…Redlining refers to the practice of withholding loans and/or imposing a high loan cost for housing and small business development in certain, generally majority–minority neighborhoods (Richardson et al, 2020). While the causal pathways are not fully understood, residing in redlined communities result in a number of neighborhood characteristics—poor access to nutritious food, exposure to environmental toxins, social isolation, derelict built environment, and underfunded municipal services such as sanitation, streets, and parks—associated with worse mental health outcomes, including anxiety and depression (Pearson et al, 2023; Wandersman & Nation, 1998; Xue et al, 2005). Prior studies have suggested that neighborhood characteristics such as collective efficacy may protect against the influence of structural discrimination on Black American mental health (Driscoll et al, 2015), however the extent to which ERI statuses moderate the influence of structural discrimination on Black American mental health remains a necessary area of investigation in future research.…”

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Ethnic–racial identity latent profiles protect against racial discrimination in Black American adults.

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Galarza,

Todman

2024

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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This study examined how ethnic-racial identity (ERI) profiles moderate the relationship between racial discrimination and mental health among Black American adults. Black American adults (n = 247) recruited from a community-based sample completed self-report measures of ERI, racial discrimination, depression, psychological distress, and emotional well-being. Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified four distinct ERI profiles, corresponding to the ERI status theorized in prior research-Diffusion, Moratorium, and Achievement-and a fourth profile, which corresponded to an ERI status for High Achievement. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that greater racial discrimination was significantly related to worse mental health for all outcomes and that having an ERI profile of High Achievement was significantly associated with lower depression. Moderation analysis indicated that the ERI profile for Achievement protected against depression and psychological distress in the context of high racial discrimination. Public Significance StatementThis study investigated the ability of exploration and commitment to one's ethnic-racial background to protect against the influence of racial discrimination on Black Americans' mental health. Four distinct ethnic-racial identity profiles were found and were differentiated by the extent to which individuals had explored the meaning of and were committed to their ethnic-racial background. Importantly, the profile corresponding to high exploration and high commitment-Achievement-was associated with lower depression and psychological distress when Black Americans reported experiencing greater racial discrimination.

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