Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Black American Men: Moderated-Mediation Effects of Ethnicity and Self-Esteem

Discrimination is related to depression and poor self-esteem among Black men. Poorer self-esteem is also associated with depression. However, there is limited research identifying how self-esteem may mediate the associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms for disparate ethnic groups...

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Published in:Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2016-07, Vol.42 (3), p.190-196
Main Authors: Mereish, Ethan H., N'cho, Hammad S., Green, Carlton E., Jernigan, Maryam M., Helms, Janet E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
African Americans - psychology
African Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Caribbean Region - ethnology
depression
Depression - psychology
Discrimination
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Humans
Male
Males
Mediation
Men
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
National Surveys
Racism - psychology
Self Concept
Self esteem
State Surveys
United States - ethnology
Young Adult
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Summary:Discrimination is related to depression and poor self-esteem among Black men. Poorer self-esteem is also associated with depression. However, there is limited research identifying how self-esteem may mediate the associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms for disparate ethnic groups of Black men. The purpose of this study was to examine ethnic groups as a moderator of the mediating effects of self-esteem on the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms among a nationally representative sample of African American (n = 1201) and Afro-Caribbean American men (n = 545) in the National Survey of American Life. Due to cultural socialization differences, we hypothesized that self-esteem would mediate the associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms only for African American men, but not Afro-Caribbean American men. Moderated-mediation regression analyses indicated that the conditional indirect effects of discrimination on depressive symptoms through self-esteem were significant for African American men, but not for Afro-Caribbean men. Our results highlight important ethnic differences among Black men.
ISSN:0896-4289
1940-4026
DOI:10.1080/08964289.2016.1150804