APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Racial Microaggressions and Depression: Comparing Frameworks Between Ethnicities
- Reynold Richard Samoranos
University of California, Santa Cruz - Jennifer Quan
University of California, Santa Cruz - Nassa Jumpholwong
University of California, Santa Cruz - Sneha Bentley
University of California, Santa Cruz
Abstract
This study sought to validate the relationship between racial microaggressions and depression within a cognitive framework used by other stressor to depression models. This relationship, mediated by stress, was compared between White students, non-Asian students of color, and Asian students. The partial mediation was significant for all students of color.
Depression