Race-related stress, quality of life indicators, and life satisfaction among elderly African Americans.
This article examined the relationships among race-related stress, quality of life indicators, and life satisfaction among elderly African Americans. A sample of 127 elderly African Americans, consisting of 87 women and 26 men (and 14 missing values), were administered the Index of Race-Related Stress, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, and the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey. Results indicated that elderly African American men and women differed significantly with regard to institutional and collective racism-related stress. In addition, the authors found that institutional racism-related stress was a significant predictor of psychological health in this sample of elderly African Americans.
Utsey
Shawn O
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Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, Howard University, 2441 Fourth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA. sutsey@howard.edu
Payne
Yasser A
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Jackson
Ebonique S
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Jones
Antoine M
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D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology