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Relationship of Discrimination and Early Life Socioeconomics on Health Outcomes in Healthy Young African American Women

Dale, Helen Elizabeth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365534771

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Nursing.
There is a lack of understanding of contributors to disparate outcomes for African American (AA) women. This research sought to identify the direct effects of racial and gender discrimination and early life socioeconomic position on psychological distress and biomarkers of stress and inflammation and the mediating effects of psychological distress on physiological processes. Fifty African American women between the ages of 18-29 who self-identified as healthy were recruited to participate in the study. This was a cross sectional descriptive correlation study. Data were collected in the Clinical Research Center at the Ohio State University. After the participant was consented data collection occurred. Data were initially analyzed descriptively. Multiple bivariate regressions were performed for testing of hypotheses 1-7, and a multiple regression model was utilized for hypothesis 8. Results showed a significant relationship between gender discrimination and psychological distress. A significant inverse relationship was also identified between gender discrimination and the stress marker DHEA-S, indicating long-term stress exposure. Discussion of limitations and recommendations for future research are addressed.
Thelma Patrick, PhD, RN (Advisor)
Barbara Polivka, PhD, RN (Committee Member)
Karen Ahijevych, PhD, RN (Committee Member)
Jodi Ford, PhD, RN (Committee Member)
African Americans; Gender; Health; Psychology

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  • Dale, H. E. (2013). Relationship of Discrimination and Early Life Socioeconomics on Health Outcomes in Healthy Young African American Women [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365534771

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dale, Helen. Relationship of Discrimination and Early Life Socioeconomics on Health Outcomes in Healthy Young African American Women. 2013. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365534771.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dale, Helen. "Relationship of Discrimination and Early Life Socioeconomics on Health Outcomes in Healthy Young African American Women." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365534771

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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