Racial discrimination, the superwoman schema, and allostatic load: exploring an integrative stress-coping model among African American women.

ABSTRACT: Racial discrimination has been linked to allostatic load (i.e., cumulative biological stress) among African American women. However, limited attention has been given to psychosocial processes involved in the stress response-critical for understanding biological pathways to health-in studies examining racial discrimination as a social determinant of health. We examined whether the superwoman schema (SWS), a multidimensional culture-specific framework characterizing psychosocial responses to stress among African American women, modifies the association between racial discrimination and allostatic load. We used purposive sampling to recruit a community sample of African American women ages 30-50 from five San Francisco Bay Area counties (n = 208). Path analysis was used to test for interactio

SUBMITTER: Allen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6904516 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature