title: Underlying mechanisms in the relationship between Africentric worldview and depressive symptoms.
abstract: This study examines underlying mechanisms in the relationship between an Africentric worldview and depressive symptoms. Participants were 112 African American young adults. An Africentric worldview buffered the association between perceived stress and depressive symptoms. The relationship between an Africentric worldview and depressive symptoms was mediated by perceived stress and emotion-focused coping. These findings highlight the protective function of an Africentric worldview in the context of African Americans' stress experiences and psychological health and offer promise for enhancing African American mental health service delivery and treatment interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA. eneblett@unc.edu
authors.forename: Enrique W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Neblett
authors.forename: Wizdom Powell
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Eleanor K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Seaton
authors.forename: Tiffany G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012933:Social Identification; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
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