Presented By: Department of Psychology
Social Brown Bag:
Qinggang Yu and Rachel Fine, Graduate Students, Social Psychology
Qinggang Yu
Title:
Perceived Discrimination and Mortality Risk Among White and African Americans: The Role of Purpose in Life
Abstract:
Although it is commonly believed that perceived discrimination serves as a stressor that compromises health, numerous studies have found that it sometimes predicts better health, especially among racial minorities in the US. Several lines of theorizing has thus suggested that when discrimination undeniably exists, acknowledging and reporting the discrimination may promote effective coping among members of stigmatized groups, compared to suppression and denial. Extending this speculation, the present work tested the possibility that among racial minorities, perceiving and recognizing group-based discrimination may promote the sense of purpose in life, that for improving the group's standing and fighting for social justice. This purpose in life in turn has a salubrious effect on health. Using a large longitudinal sample of White and African Americans in the US, I will present evidence that (1) perceived discrimination was associated with reduced purpose in life among White Americans, but the effect tended to reverse among African Americans; (2) perceived discrimination predicted increased risk of mortality among White Americans, but it predicted reduced risk of mortality among African Americans; and (3) purpose in life played an important role in the relationship between perceived discrimination and mortality. The present work reinforces the idea that perceptions of discrimination may afford unique meaning for racial minority groups.
Rachel Fine
Title:
Contact with Gender Nonconforming Identities and its Relation to Gender Essentialism in Children
Abstract:
I will briefly discuss the two studies that comprise my dissertation: the development of the Gender Essentialism Scale for Children, and how indirect contact with transgender identities through stories may influence children’s gender essentialism and understanding of trans identities.
Title:
Perceived Discrimination and Mortality Risk Among White and African Americans: The Role of Purpose in Life
Abstract:
Although it is commonly believed that perceived discrimination serves as a stressor that compromises health, numerous studies have found that it sometimes predicts better health, especially among racial minorities in the US. Several lines of theorizing has thus suggested that when discrimination undeniably exists, acknowledging and reporting the discrimination may promote effective coping among members of stigmatized groups, compared to suppression and denial. Extending this speculation, the present work tested the possibility that among racial minorities, perceiving and recognizing group-based discrimination may promote the sense of purpose in life, that for improving the group's standing and fighting for social justice. This purpose in life in turn has a salubrious effect on health. Using a large longitudinal sample of White and African Americans in the US, I will present evidence that (1) perceived discrimination was associated with reduced purpose in life among White Americans, but the effect tended to reverse among African Americans; (2) perceived discrimination predicted increased risk of mortality among White Americans, but it predicted reduced risk of mortality among African Americans; and (3) purpose in life played an important role in the relationship between perceived discrimination and mortality. The present work reinforces the idea that perceptions of discrimination may afford unique meaning for racial minority groups.
Rachel Fine
Title:
Contact with Gender Nonconforming Identities and its Relation to Gender Essentialism in Children
Abstract:
I will briefly discuss the two studies that comprise my dissertation: the development of the Gender Essentialism Scale for Children, and how indirect contact with transgender identities through stories may influence children’s gender essentialism and understanding of trans identities.
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