Racial discrimination and posttraumatic stress: examining emotion dysregulation as a mediator in an African American community sample.

ABSTRACT: Background: African Americans experience more severe and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms compared to other racial groups, and thus it is important to examine factors that are relevant for the aetiology of PTSD in this population. Although racial discrimination has been implicated as an exacerbating factor in the development and maintenance of PTSD, relatively less is known about mechanisms through which this process may occur. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine one such mechanism, emotion dysregulation, in two independent samples of African American adults. Method: Trauma-exposed participants were recruited in a large, urban community hospital setting (initial sample n = 1,841; replication sample n = 294). In the ini

SUBMITTER: Mekawi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678677 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature