APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Examining the Influence of Discrimination and Minoritized Identities on Cortisol Reactivity to a Trier Social Stress Induction
- Alexah Jefferson
University of North Carolina, Greensboro - Michelle Bautista Canuto
University of North Carolina Greensboro - Chelsea Crayton
University of North Carolina Greensboro - Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Abstract
This study tested the influence of discrimination and minoritized identity on cortisol reactivity in 150 emerging adults who completed a Trier Social Stress Test. Multilevel growth curve modeling indicated that as the number of minoritized identities increased, self-reported discrimination became increasingly associated with blunted cortisol reactivity to lab-based stress.
Racism and Discrimination
