Does Religion Buffer the Effects of Discrimination on Mental Health? Differing Effects by Race

179 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Perceived Discrimination and Health: A Meta-Analytic Review (2009, methodology): “…Study (Brody et al., 2006; Murry et al., 2001; Simons et al., 2002, 2003, 2006), three used data from the Midlife in the United States data set (Bierman, 2006; Kessler, Mickelson, & Williams, 1999; Rodriquez, 2004), two used data from the Developing Theory and Methodology in the Study of the…”
Identity, Perceived Religious Discrimination, and Psychological Well‐Being in Muslim Immigrant Women (2012, background): “The findings are also congruent with work by Bierman (2006), who found that religious participation moderated the negative impact of discrimination on emotional outcomes in African Americans.”
SELF-REPORTED EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTH: SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES, ONGOING CONTROVERSIES, AND EMERGING ISSUES (2015, background): “Similarly, in the national survey of Midlife Development in the United States, religious attendance (but not religious comfort) buffered the positive association between discrimination and negative affect (Bierman 2006).”
Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color:Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors (2018, background): “In the national survey of Midlife Development in the U.S. (MIDUS), church attendance buffered the adverse effect of discrimination on negative affect among African Americans but not whites (Bierman 2006).”