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Skin tone, life satisfaction, and psychological distress among African Americans: The mediating effect of stigma consciousness

Published:2020-09-15 Issue:2 Volume:27 Page:422-431
ISSN:1359-1053
Container-title:Journal of Health Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Health Psychol

Author:

McCleary-Gaddy Asia T¹^ORCID,James Drexler²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Director of Diversity and Inclusion, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA

2. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA

Abstract

This study examined the indirect effect of skin tone on psychological distress via (1) stigma consciousness and (2) life satisfaction among African American adults (N = 780; %Female = 57.65%; Mage = 37.68). Results show indirect effects of (1) skin tone on life satisfaction and (2) skin tone on psychological distress, each via stigma consciousness. Specifically, those with darker (vs. lighter) skin tones reported increased stigma consciousness, which then predicted (1) lower life satisfaction and (2) lower levels of psychological distress. Life satisfaction did not predict psychological distress. Implications for African American mental health are discussed.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Applied Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1359105320954251

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