Diabetes Prevalence Among Racial-Ethnic Minority Group Members With Severe Mental Illness Taking Antipsychotics: Double Jeopardy?

The United States is more racially/ethnically diverse than at any point in the country’s history as a result of immigration, intermarriage, and multiracial identification. The Latino and Asian populations have more than tripled in size since 1970; Latinos are now the largest racial/ethnic minority group, and Asians, the fastest growing group in the country. Also contributing to America’s new diversity is increasing intermarriage and a growing multiracial population. Intermarriage soared more than twenty-fold between 1960 and 2000, and the multiracial population is poised to account for one in five Americans by 2050, and one in three by 2100. However, this new diversity is not evenly apparent across the country. Some states—like California—reflect the new diversity, which is also evident at the metropolitan level. In other states, the new diversity is nearly invisible. The pattern of high and low diversity in the United States reflects the country’s vast heterogeneity.

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Stereotypen van etnische minderheden, verbondenheid met de eigen groep, assimilatie en integratie

Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2007.020.003.003 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Anneke Vrugt ◽

Alexis Salin ◽

Semra Room

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Social Group ◽

Minority Group ◽

Cultural Background ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Negative View ◽

Majority Group ◽

Group Members ◽

The Relationship

Stereotypes of ethnic minorities, attachment to their own group, assimilation and integration Stereotypes of ethnic minorities, attachment to their own group, assimilation and integration A. Vrugt, A. Salin & S. Room, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 20, September 2007, nr. 3, pp. 260-271 The present research investigated which stereotypical characteristics Dutch ethnic minority group members, based on their cultural background, attributed to their own social group and to the ethnic Dutch majority. Further it was studied to what extent the assignment of these stereotypical characteristics was related to the attachment to their own group, and whether the attachment to their own group was related to their view on integration and assimilation. The results showed that minority group participants found positive stereotypical features that are derived from collectivistic values, more characteristic of their own group than of the Dutch majority. By contrast, negative stereotypical features, being deviant from collectivistic values, were considered as more characteristic of the majority group. Furthermore, it was found that the minority group participants felt more attached to their own group than did the majority group participants. This attachment was related to the negative stereotypical features that minority group participants regarded as characteristic of the majority. Moreover, this attachment mediated the relationship between negative stereotypical features attributed to the majority and a negative view on assimilation. The implications of these results are discussed.

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Patterns and Predictors of ADRD Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2075 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 612-612

Author(s):

Laura Zahodne ◽

Cerise Elliott

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Cognitive Aging ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Arab Americans ◽

Ethnic Minority Groups ◽

National Data ◽

Racial Ethnic

Abstract This symposium addresses issues surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) across multiple racial/ethnic minority groups, including African Americans, Latinos, and Arab Americans. Using US national data, Kindratt and colleagues challenge the universality of the healthy migrant effect by comparing patterns of cognitive disability across US- and foreign-born Arab Americans. Arab Americans represent an increasingly visible ethnic minority group whose unique history has the potential to clarify knowledge about sociocultural influences on ADRD. Also using US national data, Garcia and colleagues examine within-group heterogeneity among Latinos. They conclude that the number of years and proportion of life spent with and without subjective cognitive impairment differ as a function of ancestry and nativity. Using data from two local communities, Diminich and colleagues investigate mechanisms underlying ADRD risk among Latinos by considering both stress responding and plasma-based AD biomarkers as predictors of Latino cognitive health. Lee and colleagues focus on social relationships and cognitive aging in a diverse, national cohort. They suggest that the quality of social support from social network members may uniquely affect the cognitive functioning of African Americans older adults. Finally, Cerise Elliott from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) will offer perspectives on how racial/ethnic minority group focused research can advance NIA’s goals related to understanding and eliminating ADRD inequalities. In total, this symposium highlights the need to disaggregate racial/ethnic groups, as well as the importance of incorporating both individual and contextual factors in order to fully understand patterns of ADRD risk and resilience.

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The relationship between outgroup contact and intragroup rejection concerns for ethnic minority group members

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e527772014-119 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Angel Gonzalez ◽

Bonita London-Thompson ◽

Allyson Regis

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Group Members ◽

The Relationship

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Minority Perceptions of Whites’ Motives for Responding Without Prejudice

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0146167213475367 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 401-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Brenda Major ◽

Pamela J. Sawyer ◽

Jonathan W. Kunstman

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Predictive Validity ◽

Minority Group ◽

Interracial Interactions ◽

Internal Motivation ◽

Group Members ◽

Motivation Scale ◽

Racial Ethnic

Whites’ nonprejudiced behavior toward racial/ethnic minorities can be attributionally ambiguous for perceivers, who may wonder whether the behavior was motivated by a genuine internal commitment to egalitarianism or was externally motivated by desires to avoid appearing prejudiced to others. This article reports the development of a scale that measures perceptions of Whites’ internal and external motives for avoiding prejudice (Perceived Internal Motivation Scale/Perceived External Motivation Scale [PIMS/PEMS]) and tests of its internal, test–retest, discriminant, convergent, and predictive validity among ethnic minority perceivers. Minorities perceived Whites as having internal and external motives for nonprejudiced behavior that were theoretically consistent with but distinct from established measures of minority-group members’ concerns in interracial interactions. Tests of the predictive validity of PIMS/PEMS showed that when a White evaluator praised the mediocre essay of a minority target, minorities who were high PEMS and low PIMS were most likely to regard the feedback as inauthentic and derogate the quality of the essay.

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Racial-ethnic identity development in children in a racial-ethnic minority group.

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement ◽

10.1037/a0027154 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 124-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

B. Corenblum ◽

Helen D. Armstrong

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Identity Development ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Identity Development ◽

Racial Ethnic

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Promoting police legitimacy among disengaged minority groups: Does procedural justice matter more?

Criminology & Criminal Justice ◽

10.1177/1748895817692849 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 624-642 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Natasha S Madon ◽

Kristina Murphy ◽

Elise Sargeant

Keyword(s):

Procedural Justice ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Police Legitimacy ◽

Minority Communities ◽

Group Members ◽

Perceptions Of Police

Procedural justice is known to enhance perceptions of police legitimacy. Studies show that procedural justice may be less effective for some individuals and groups, while others show it to be more effective. This study investigates the contingency of the procedural justice effect and considers the effectiveness of procedural justice for certain individuals through the concept of disengagement. Utilizing a survey of 1480 ethnic minority group members, the study tests whether or not disengagement moderates the effect of procedural justice on perceptions of police legitimacy. As expected, we find procedural justice is linked to enhanced perceptions of police legitimacy, while disengagement is associated with reduced perceptions of legitimacy. Interestingly, the study finds that procedural justice is more effective for building legitimacy for ethnic minority respondents who report being highly disengaged from police. These findings highlight how police might be able to improve perceptions of their legitimacy among disaffected minority communities.

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