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Understanding the Insidious Trauma of Racism: An Exploration of the Impact of Racial Socialization, Gender, and Type of Racist Experiences

Facemire, Vanessa Caitlynn, Facemire
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1525285448114384

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Counseling Psychology.
Racial oppression is constantly changing and adapting throughout the course of history. Research has illustrated that experiences of racism stress people of color (POC), have a profound impact on the well-being of its targets, and represent a source of traumatic injury (i.e., insidious trauma). A small, but growing base of literature has delineated the relationship between experiences of racism and the development of posttraumatic stress symptomology for POC, generally, and African Americans, specifically. The current study sought to add to the existing literature in this field of inquiry by examining different types of racist experiences and their impact on posttrauma outcomes. Additionally, this study sought to further illuminate the complexities in variability for African American individual’s responses to racism by examining the moderating roles of racial socialization and gender in the development of posttraumatic stress symptomology in response to different kinds of racist experiences. Results indicated that experiences of racism (including individual, institutional, and cultural racism) are uniquely predictive of the endorsement of posttraumatic stress symptoms in the sample and black women were found to endorse experiencing more of each type of racist experiences compared to black men in the sample. Results of the moderating role of racial socialization and gender were mixed. Of note, racial socialization messages emphasizing cultural pride were found to moderate the relationship between racism and posttrauma reactions. The findings of this study have implications for designing empirically supported culturally informed interventions, will aid in appropriately labeling and externalizing responsibility, will help to legitimize the daily experiences of African Americans, and will aid in changing the larger sociopolitical context.
Ingrid Weigold, Ph.D. (Committee Co-Chair)
Dawn M. Johnson , Ph.D. (Committee Co-Chair)
Suzette L. Speight , Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John E. Queener, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
David B. Baker, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Counseling Psychology
racism; insidious trauma; PTSS; racial socialization

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  • Facemire, Facemire, V. C. (2018). Understanding the Insidious Trauma of Racism: An Exploration of the Impact of Racial Socialization, Gender, and Type of Racist Experiences [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1525285448114384

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Facemire, Facemire, Vanessa . Understanding the Insidious Trauma of Racism: An Exploration of the Impact of Racial Socialization, Gender, and Type of Racist Experiences. 2018. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1525285448114384.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Facemire, Facemire, Vanessa . "Understanding the Insidious Trauma of Racism: An Exploration of the Impact of Racial Socialization, Gender, and Type of Racist Experiences." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1525285448114384

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