title: Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Black American Men: Moderated-Mediation Effects of Ethnicity and Self-Esteem.
abstract: Discrimination is related to depression and poor self-esteem among Black men. Poorer self-esteem is also associated with depression. However, there is limited research identifying how self-esteem may mediate the associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms for disparate ethnic groups of Black men. The purpose of this study was to examine ethnic groups as a moderator of the mediating effects of self-esteem on the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms among a nationally representative sample of African American (n = 1201) and Afro-Caribbean American men (n = 545) in the National Survey of American Life. Due to cultural socialization differences, we hypothesized that self-esteem would mediate the associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms only for African American men, but not Afro-Caribbean American men. Moderated-mediation regression analyses indicated that the conditional indirect effects of discrimination on depressive symptoms through self-esteem were significant for African American men, but not for Afro-Caribbean men. Our results highlight important ethnic differences among Black men.
authors.affiliation: a Brown University.
authors.forename: Ethan H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Mereish
authors.affiliation: b Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University.
authors.forename: Hammad S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: N'cho
authors.affiliation: c University of Maryland , College Park.
authors.forename: Carlton E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: d University of Saint Joseph.
authors.forename: Maryam M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jernigan
authors.affiliation: e Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston College.
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Helms
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008571:Men; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D063505:Racism / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Black americans; depression; discrimination; men; self-esteem