scholarly journals Examination the effects of stress coping with interpersonal stress and social support as coping resources to mental health

2014 ◽  
Vol 78 (0) ◽  
pp. L-015-L-015
Author(s):  
Masahiro Takamoto ◽  
Atsushi Aikawa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Interpersonal Stress ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Effects Of Stress

Do Racial Differences in Coping Resources Explain the Black–White Paradox in Mental Health? A Test of Multiple Mechanisms

2021 ◽  
pp. 002214652110410
Author(s):  
Patricia Louie ◽  
Laura Upenieks ◽  
Christy L. Erving ◽  
Courtney S. Thomas Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Health Study ◽  
White Americans

A central paradox in the mental health literature is the tendency for black Americans to report similar or better mental health than white Americans despite experiencing greater stress exposure. However, black Americans’ higher levels of certain coping resources may explain this finding. Using data from the Nashville Stress and Health Study (n = 1,186), we examine whether black Americans have higher levels of self-esteem, social support, religious attendance, and divine control than white Americans and whether these resources, in turn, explain the black–white paradox in mental health. In adjusted models, the black–white paradox holds for depressive symptoms and any DSM-IV disorder. Findings indicate that black Americans have higher levels of self-esteem, family social support, and religiosity than white Americans. Causal mediation techniques reveal that self-esteem has the largest effect in explaining black–white differences in depressive symptoms, whereas divine control has the largest effect in explaining differences in disorder.

scholarly journals The Social Distribution of Distress and Well-Being in the Canadian Aboriginal Population Living Off Reserve

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Wingert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Aboriginal Population ◽  
The Social

This article examines how the social structure distributes risk and protective factors and mental health outcomes within the off reserve Aboriginal population in Canada. It uses the stress process model, a prominent model in the sociology of mental health, to explore pathways between social status, stress, coping resources, and mental health outcomes. Path analyses are used to decompose total effects on distress and well-being into direct and indirect or mediating pathways. The results suggest that stress, mastery, and social support are important mediators between social status and mental health outcomes. Stress appears to be a stronger contributor to distress while mastery and social support are of higher relative importance to well-being.

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