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Black Mothers' Concern for Their Children as a Measure of Vicarious Racism-Related Vigilance and Allostatic Load.
- Source :
- Journal of Health & Social Behavior; Dec2023, Vol. 64 Issue 4, p520-536, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BLACK women
MOTHERS
AFRICAN American women
RACE
BIOLOGICAL systems
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221465
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health & Social Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173887494
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465231175942