Perceived Racial Discrimination, Social Support, and Psychological Adjustment Among African American College Students

By Hazel M. Prelow, Catherine E. Mosher, M. Bowman. 2006

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Self, social identity and psychological well-being (2010, background): “In case of African –Americans, studies have shown that perceived racial discrimination is associated with lower perception of social support, greater symptoms of depression, and lower levels of life satisfaction (e.g., Prelow, Mosher & Bowman, 2006; Williams et al., 1999).”
Double jeopardy in astronomy and planetary science: Women of color face greater risks of gendered and racial harassment (2017, background): “Second, social support, one of the best protections against the toll discrimination and harassment takes [Hunter and Lewis, 2010;Mossakowski, 2003; Prelow et al., 2006], is less possible when you are the only, or one of a few, woman of color in your department or program.”
Racial Discrimination and African American Adolescents’ Adjustment: Gender Variation in Family and Community Social Support, Promotive and Protective Factors (2012, unknown): “These findings were consistent with cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of African American male and female adolescents’ psychological and school-related adjustment (Brody et al. 2006; Caldwell et al. 2004; Prelow et al. 2006; Seaton et al. 2009; Sellers et al. 2006).”