Psychosocial Stress and Social Support as Mediators of Relationships Between Income, Length of Residence and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Women on Detroit's Eastside  

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Schulz, Amy J. ; Israel, Barbara A. ; Zenk, Shannon N. ; Parker, Edith A. ; Lichtenstein, Richard ; Shellman-Weir, Sheryl ; Klem, A.B. Laura

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 2 (Jan. 2006), page 510-522.
Topik: stress; neighborhood disorder; symptoms of depression; length of residence; USA; discrimination; stress

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Patterns of mental health are clearly associated with life circumstances, inclusing educational and economic opportunities, access to safe and supportive neighbourhoods, socially structured exposures to stressors and to supportive relationships. In this article, we examine the social and economic correlates of depressive symptoms among african american women residing within a predominantly african american urban neighborhood in detroit, USA with relatively few economic resources. We identify distinct stressors associated with financial strain, neighborhood social disorder (concern about police responsiveness, safety stress) and experiences of discrimination. We test the extent to which each of these stressors mediates relationships between household income, length of residence in the neighbourhood, social support and depressive symptoms. Our results suggest that for women in this racially segregated area with a high concentration of poverty, relationships between household income and symptoms of depression are partially mediated by financial stress and social support, but that stressors associated with neighbourhood disorder and discrimination influence depressive symptoms inependent of household income. Furthermore, we find that length of residence in the neighbourhood is negatively associated with financial stress and positively associated with police stress and social support, with no significant net effect on symptoms of depression. We conclude that higher household income may help reduce symptoms of depression by reducing financial stress and strengthening social support even within neighbourhoods with high concentrations of poverty. However, increased household income does not protect african american women residing in a high poverty community from distress associated with neighbourhood disorder or experiences of discrimination.

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