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Effects of Racial Discrimination and Health Behaviors on Mental and Physical Health of Middle-Class African American Men

Sherrill L. Sellers, PhD1*, Vence Bonham, JD2, Harold W. Neighbors, PhD3, James W. Amell, PhD1

1 University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2 Michigan State University, East Lansing.
3 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: slsellers{at}wisc.edu..


  Abstract

This research is an examination of the effects of racial discrimination and health-promoting behaviors on the physical and mental health of a sample of 399 well-educated African American men. One would think that the attainment of higher education would increase health-promoting behaviors and might decrease discriminatory experiences that impact health. However, regression analysis indicated a more complex picture. Health-promoting behaviors were positively related to mental health, whereas experiences of racial discrimination contributed to poorer mental health. Relationships between health-promoting behaviors and that of racial discrimination to physical health were found to be nonsignificant. In conclusion, the authors discuss the importance of culturally appropriate health-promotion efforts.

Key Words: health behaviors, racial discrimination, African American men, physical and mental health, socioeconomic status

First published on November 27, 2006, doi:10.1177/1090198106293526

Health Education & Behavior 2009;36:31.

A more recent version of this article appeared on February 1, 2009

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