Explaining the Relationship between Pain and Depressive Symptoms in African-American and White Women with Arthritis

2008 ◽  
Vol 100 (9) ◽  
pp. 996-1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chivon A. Mingo ◽  
Jessica M. McIlvane ◽  
Tamara A. Baker
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
White Women ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in African American Individuals

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali A. Weinstein ◽  
Preetha Abraham ◽  
Guoqing Diao ◽  
Stacey A. Zeno ◽  
Patricia A. Deuster
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Cvd Risk Factors ◽  
Cvd Risk ◽  
The Relationship

Objective. To examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in a group of African American individuals.Design. A nonrandom sample of 253 (age 43.7 ± 11.6 years; 37% male) African American individuals was recruited by advertisements. Data were obtained by validated questionnaires, anthropometric, blood pressure, and blood sample measurements.Results. Regression analyses were performed to assess the relationship between depressive symptoms and CVD risk factors controlling for socioeconomic status indicators. These analyses demonstrated that those with higher levels of depressive symptoms had larger waist-to-hip ratios, higher percent body fat, higher triglycerides, and were more likely to be smokers.Conclusions. It has been well documented that higher levels of depressive symptoms are associated with higher CVD risk. However, this evidence is derived primarily from samples of predominantly Caucasian individuals. The present investigation demonstrates that depressive symptoms are related to CVD risk factors in African American individuals.

Which Personality Traits Moderate the Relationship Between Religious Capital and Depressive Symptomology in a National Sample of African Americans?

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 517-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddie M. Clark ◽  
Cheryl L. Holt ◽  
Min Qi Wang ◽  
Beverly R. Williams ◽  
Emily Schulz
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
African American Men ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Depressive Symptomology ◽  
Religious Capital ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined the relationship between religious capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American adults. Data were collected from a national probability sample of 803 African American men and women using a telephone survey including measures of the Big Five personality traits, religious capital, and depressive symptomology. Most interestingly, there was evidence for Personality × Religious Capital interactions on depressive symptomology. Higher religious capital was related to lower depressive symptomology among persons with low conscientiousness or low openness to experience. However, religious capital was less related to depressive symptoms among those with high conscientiousness or high openness. This study reinforces the importance of examining the moderating effects of personality and perceived religious capital in understanding mental health outcomes. This information can be of use to practitioners in designing culturally appropriate interventions, including the use of capital from faith-based organizations.

#38 Depressive symptoms in midlife african american and white women

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 504
Author(s):  
JT Bromberger ◽  
E Newton ◽  
N Avis ◽  
S Harlow ◽  
H Kravitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
White Women

scholarly journals Relationships of Race and Socioeconomic Status to Postpartum Depressive Symptoms in Rural African American and Non-Hispanic White Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1277-1287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christyn L. Dolbier ◽  
◽  
Taylor E. Rush ◽  
Latoya S. Sahadeo ◽  
Michele L. Shaffer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
White Women ◽  
Postpartum Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Hispanic White

The Effects of Childhood Sexual Messages on African-American and White Women's Adolescent Sexual Behavior

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Monique Ward ◽  
Gail Elizabeth Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
African American ◽  
White Women ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Behavior ◽  
Multiple Components ◽  
Sexual Messages ◽  
The Relationship

To clarify the relationship between sexual communication and sexual behavior, multiple components of sexual messages recalled from childhood were examined in a community sample of 248 African-American and White women. Respondents were matched on a predesignated set of demographic variables and were interviewed using the Wyatt Sexual History Questionnaire. We anticipated that women's recollections of messages from parents and television would differ both individually and across ethnicity, and that messages recalled from parents would be multidimensional, varying in tone (positive vs. negative) across time (childhood vs. adolescence) and form (verbal vs. nonverbal). We also expected that the presence and tone of specific types of messages recalled would be associated with risk-related sexual behavior. Results confirmed predictions concerning differential interpretations of messages, and ethnicity emerged as a strong mediating variable. The implications of the specific types of parental messages influencing behavior are discussed.

Hope Springs: Moderating the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms for African American Emerging Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 376-404
Author(s):  
Amardeep Khahra ◽  
Alvin Thomas ◽  
Sarah Caffrey ◽  
Eric Taylor ◽  
Matthew Stull ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Potential Harm ◽  
American Students ◽  
Constant Potential ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
High Hope

To better understand the moderating effect of coping mechanisms (distraction and rumination) and internal assets (hope) on the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, a sample of 363 African American students (65.3% female; mean age = 20.25 years; SD = 2.39) from two large Midwestern universities were surveyed using self-report measures. Hierarchical multiple regressions were used to explore the relationships among the variables and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that discrimination (B = 0.10, p < .001) and ruminative coping (B = 1.05, p < .001) were positively related to depressive symptoms, while hope was negatively related to depression (B = −0.33, p < .001). Further, the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms was moderated by hope (B = 0.01, p = .02). The interaction between discrimination and depressive symptoms suggested that participants who reported low levels of hope also reported more depressive symptoms regardless of level of discrimination, compared with those who reported high hope. For these African American emerging adults, the results bring to light the potential of an internal asset that aids in reduction of depressive symptoms in response to constant, potential harm such as racial discrimination.

scholarly journals 4292 Epigenetic Age and Depressive Symptoms in African American Women with Cardiometabolic Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. 108-108
Author(s):  
Nicole B Perez ◽  
Allison Vorderstrasse ◽  
Gary Yu ◽  
Jacquelyn Taylor
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Linear Mixed Model ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
American Women ◽  
Epigenetic Age ◽  
Clinical Phenotyping ◽  
The Relationship

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: To examine the relationship between epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) and depressive symptoms in a cohort of African American women (AAW) with cardiometabolic conditions (CMC) including hypertension, diabetes, obesity; and to explore clinical phenotypes of depressive symptoms in this population. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: This secondary analysis utilized genomic and longitudinal clinical data from AAW in the InterGEN cohort (n = 250). EWAS data was used to estimate EAA based on the Horvath method, which incorporates the DNA methylation statuses at 353 specific CpG sites and regresses this epigenetic age on chronological age to determine EAA. Pearson’s correlations and linear regression will be used to examine the relationship between EAA and depressive symptoms and a linear mixed model will investigate this relationship over four time points during a two-year period. Clinical phenotyping of depressive symptoms will be explored using a cluster analysis. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Analysis is underway and will be complete by the time of presentation. We hypothesize that higher EAA will associate with higher depressive symptoms and poorer trajectories over time. We expect that this relationship may be meditated by the presence of CMCs. Exploratory analysis of clinical phenotyping is expected to provide descriptive evidence with respect to specific depressive symptoms or clusters which are most associated with EAA and CMCs. These results will address several gaps. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the relationship of EAA and depressive symptoms considering the role of CMC, in a historically understudied population with disproportionate risk. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Depression limits life quality and quantity and is highly comorbid in CMC. AAW have high risk of comorbidity, and this study furthers knowledge of depression and aging with a clinically accessible marker and aids recognition of a heterogenous phenotype in an undertreated population.

Effect of Psychosocial Factors on Eating Behaviors and BMI Among African American Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 917-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Pickett ◽  
Thomas P. McCoy
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
American Women ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Psychosocial stress and negative emotions have been associated with the consumption of highly palatable foods and excess weight. Few studies have examined these variable relationships among young African American women. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship of perceived stress, depressive symptoms, eating behaviors, and body mass index (BMI) among 191 African American women who were 18 to 40 years old. Multivariate analysis indicated that depressive symptoms had a greater impact on highly palatable eating behaviors compared with perceived stress. This study extends understanding of depressive symptoms on eating behaviors among young African American women.

scholarly journals Maltreatment timing, HPA axis functioning, multigenic risk, and depressive symptoms in African American youth: Differential associations without moderated mediation

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1838-1853
Author(s):  
Adrienne A. VanZomeren ◽  
Jingchen Zhang ◽  
Sun-Kyung Lee ◽  
Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel ◽  
Timothy Piehler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Hpa Axis ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Future Research ◽  
American Children ◽  
Risk Processes ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractUtilizing a large (N = 739), ancestrally homogenous sample, the current study aimed to better understand biological risk processes involved in the development of depressive symptoms in maltreated, African American children age 8-12 years. Maltreatment was independently coded from Child Protective Services records and maternal report. Self-reported depressive symptoms were attained in the context of a week-long, summer research camp. DNA was acquired from buccal cell or saliva samples and genotyped for nine polymorphisms in four hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis-related genes: FKBP5, NR3C1, NR3C2, and CRHR1. Salivary cortisol samples were collected each morning (9 a.m.) and late afternoon (4 p.m.) throughout the week to assess HPA functioning. Results revealed that experiences of maltreatment beginning prior to age 5 were most predictive of depressive symptoms, whereas maltreatment onset after age 5 was most predictive of HPA axis dysregulation (blunted daytime cortisol patterns). Multigenic risk did not relate to HPA functioning, nor did it moderate the relationship between maltreatment and HPA activity. There was no mediation of the relationship between maltreatment and depressive symptoms by HPA dysfunction. Results are interpreted through a developmental psychopathology lens, emphasizing the principle of equifinality while carefully appraising racial differences. Implications for future research, particularly the need for longitudinal studies, and important methodological considerations are discussed.

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