Affiliation:
1. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA
2. University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
3. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
4. University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between allostatic load and a novel form of altruistic racism-related fear, or concern for how racism might harm another, which we term vicarious racism-related vigilance. Using a subsample of Black mothers from the African American Women’s Heart & Health Study (N = 140), which includes detailed health and survey data on a community sample of Black women in the San Francisco Bay Area, this study investigates the relationship between Black mothers’ experiences with racism-related vigilance as it relates to their children and allostatic load—a multisystem metric of underlying health across multiple biological systems. Findings indicate that vicarious racism-related vigilance was positively associated with allostatic load (i.e., worse health). Findings highlight the salience of vicarious racism-related vigilance for the health of Black mothers, underscoring how intersections between race, gender, and parenthood result in susceptibility to unique forms of health-harming stress.
Funder
UC Berkeley Population Center
National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) Hellman Fund
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
UC Berkeley Experimental Social Science Laboratory
UC Berkeley Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
UC Berkeley Research Bridging Grant
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program
UC Center for New Racial Studies
UC Merced Central Valley Graduate Fellowship
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Social Psychology
Cited by
6 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献