Racial discrimination, ethnicity and work stress.
BACKGROUND
Previous research has suggested higher work stress among minority ethnic workers.


OBJECTIVE
To determine levels of work stress in three ethnic groups, consider the contribution of racial discrimination to the groups' profiles of occupational and demographic associations with stress, and assess the association between work stress and well-being.


METHODS
A household quota sample design was used, and 204 black African-Caribbean, 206 Bangladeshi and 216 white (UK born) working people took part in structured interviews.


RESULTS
More black African-Caribbean respondents reported high work stress than either Bangladeshi or white respondents. Reported racial discrimination among black African-Caribbean female respondents was strongly associated with perceived work stress. Among the black African-Caribbean respondents, women who reported experiencing racial discrimination at work had higher levels of psychological distress.


CONCLUSIONS
Perceived work stress may be underpinned by exposure to racial discrimination at work among black African-Caribbean women, and this may affect their psychological well-being.
Wadsworth
Emma
E
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff, UK. wadsworthej@cardiff.ac.uk
Dhillon
Kamaldeep
K
Shaw
Christine
C
Bhui
Kamaldeep
K
Stansfeld
Stephen
S
Smith
Andrew
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D011287:Prejudice; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology