Meta-analysis of interpersonal discrimination and health-related behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article comprehensively examines the relationship between interpersonal discrimination (IPD) and health-related behavior (HB), expanding upon Pascoe and Richman's (2009) meta-analysis and research synthesis.

Method

One hundred and twenty one articles providing zero-order correlations (or information allowing their calculation) between perceptions of IPD and a variety of HB outcomes were coded and analyzed using a random-effects meta-analysis model. One hundred and fifty six articles examining this relationship using multivariate models were also coded and summarized within a research synthesis. Subanalyses were performed for articles examining smoking, alcohol use/abuse, substance use/abuse, sexual risk, and diet/eating behaviors. Potential mediators of the IP

SUBMITTER: Pascoe EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11924412 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature