Perceived Racism as a Predictor of Paranoia among African Americans

Autor/inn/en	Combs, Dennis R.; Penn, David L.; Cassisi, Jeffrey; Michael, Chris; Wood, Terry; Wanner, Jill; Adams, Scott
Titel	Perceived Racism as a Predictor of Paranoia among African Americans
Quelle	In: Journal of Black Psychology, 32 (2006) 1, S.87-104 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-7984
DOI	10.1177/0095798405283175
Schlagwörter	Models; Depression (Psychology); African American Students; Racial Bias; Psychological Patterns; Racial Discrimination; Predictor Variables; Behavior; Fear; College Students; Measures (Individuals); Anxiety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Racial bias; Prädiktor; Furcht; Collegestudent; Messdaten; Angst
Abstract	Recent theoretical models suggest that perceived racism acts as a stressor for African Americans and may be associated with a variety of negative psychological consequences, notably paranoia. Paranoia among African Americans is believed to reflect the lower end of the paranoia continuum based on experiences with racism. Thus, it may be beneficial to measure paranoia on a continuum, but few studies have adopted this strategy. This study examined the relationship between perceived racism and paranoia across the continuum in 128 African American college students. Participants completed three measures of paranoia and measures of perceived racism, depression, anger, self-consciousness, and hostile perceptions. The continuum of paranoia included measures reflecting cultural, nonclinical, and clinical paranoia. Perceived racism predicted cultural mistrust and nonclinical paranoia (lower end of the paranoia continuum) but not clinical paranoia. The implications of perceived racism in the prediction of paranoia for African Americans are discussed. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10