Factors associated with discrimination among minority college students.
OBJECTIVE
To assess minority college undergraduate and graduate students' self-reported stress, ethnic identity, and skin complexion as predictors of perceptions of racial discrimination.


METHODS
The participants (N = 172) were college-aged minority students. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine the predictive relationship of the study variables on perceived racial discrimination.


RESULTS
Skin complexion (β = .34, p < .05) and ethnic identity (β = .25, p < .05) had a positive (increased frequency) relationship with racial discrimination. When separated by sex, stress was a statistically significant predictor β = .24, p < .05) of racial discrimination for males only.


CONCLUSIONS
Understanding the predictors of perceived racial discrimination may allow for the development of interventions that alleviate the stress associated with discrimination.
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Exercise Science & Health Promotion, Boca Raton, FL, USA. mhall61@fau.edu.
Michael E
ME
Hall
Texas State University, Department of Health and Human Performance, San Marcos, TX, USA.
Ronald D
RD
Williams
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Exercise Science & Health Promotion, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Tina M
TM
Penhollow
University of Arkansas, Department of Health and Human Performance, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Kelley E
KE
Rhoads
Mississippi State University, Department of Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion, Starkville, MS, USA.
Barry P
BP
Hunt
D000328:Adult; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063505:Racism / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult