Neural Processing and Perceived Discrimination Stress in African Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial discrimination is one of many barriers experienced by African Americans that interfere with health self-care management. Discrimination stress may decrease the tendency for individuals to resonate with the social-emotional appeals embedded in persuasive health information, which are known to play a key role in producing behavior change. Understanding the neurobehavioral underpinnings of discrimination stress experienced by African Americans may help reduce or resolve this important health disparity.

Objectives

The purpose of this secondary analysis was to examine the association between neural processing of health information and perceived discrimination. In particular, we focused on three previously identified measures of health information processing asso

SUBMITTER: Wright KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483233 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep/Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature