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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Does Racial Discrimination Impact Executive Function Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities?

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Jillianne Fowle
    Fordham University
  • Ye Feng
    Fordham University
  • Isabella Tomei
    Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus
  • Tiffany Yip
    Fordham University

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of vignettes depicting different types of racial discrimination on executive functioning (EF) and whether this association was moderated by stigma consciousness. Results suggest that EF is depleted more after listening to blatant (vs. subtle) discrimination vignettes, however, no moderating effects of stigma consciousness were observed.

Race and Ethnicity