title: Seemingly Harmless Racial Communications Are Not So Harmless: Racial Microaggressions Lead to Suicidal Ideation by Way of Depression Symptoms.
abstract: Racial microaggressions, a contemporary form of subtle discrimination that occurs in everyday interactions, are associated with a variety of negative mental health outcomes. Research has not extended the connection between racial microaggressions and negative mental health to include suicide risk. Given the well-known association between negative mental health outcomes and suicide risk, the current study examined whether racial microaggressions predicted suicidal ideation through depression symptoms among 405 young adults of color. Depression symptoms mediated the relationship between racial microaggressions and suicidal ideation. This is the first study to associate racial microaggressions to suicide risk. Societal and clinical implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: O'Keefe
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
authors.forename: LaRicka R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Wingate
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hollingsworth
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Tucker