APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

Cultural Identity As a Moderator to the Relationship between Gender and Emotional Suppression for Black College Students

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Developmental

  • R. Davis Dixon
    Howard University
  • Candice Wallace
    CCSU Department of Psychological Science

Abstract

This study explored the extent to which afro-cultural identity moderated the relationship between gender and emotional suppression for Black college students The sample included 174 participants. Results found no main effect of gender on emotional suppression. However, for women only, endorsement of afro-cultural identity was negatively related to emotional suppression.

Gender

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