The Role of Neighborhood Experiences in Psychological Distress among African American and White Smokers.

ABSTRACT: Residential area characteristics and discrimination have been associated with psychological distress. Differences in these relationships across racial groups are not well understood. We examined the relative role of perceived discrimination, neighborhood problems and neighborhood cohesion/trust in explaining differences in psychological distress (indicated by anxiety and depressive symptoms) between 224 African American and 225 White smokers (income ≤ 400% federal poverty level) in a smoking cessation intervention study. Surveys were linked to US census-tract data. We conducted random intercept Poisson multi-level regression models and examined interactions between race and neighborhood experiences. African Americans had greater risk of anxiety and depressive symptoms and greater individua

SUBMITTER: Scheuermann TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8172079 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature