Stress and Coping among Stigmatized Populations

被污名化人群的压力和应对方式

• 批准号: 6807558
• 负责人: KIMBERLY FERN BALSAM
• 金额: $ 4.68万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-16 至 2006-09-15
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6807558
• 关键词: Native Americans; anxiety disorders; behavioral /social science research tag; bisexual; clinical research; coping; data collection methodology /evaluation; depression; gender difference; health surveys; homosexuals; human subject; interview; mental health; postdoctoral investigator; posttraumatic stress disorder; prejudice; psychological stressor; psychosocial separation; racial /ethnic difference; sexual orientation; social support network; stress; substance abuse related disorder; suicide

DESCRIPTION (provided by candidate): Elevated rates of mental disorders among stigmatized individuals have been hypothesized to be linked to the individual and cultural oppression experienced by this population. However, this "minority stress" hypothesis has not been adequately examined in empirical studies, in part due to the lack of a clear definition for this construct and the lack of a culturally-sensitive instrument to assess it. The proposed study will, in three components, develop a program of research for the applicant that will address the relationships between minority stress, coping, and mental health of populations stigmatized for reasons other than race/ethnicity or gender. First, the applicant will develop survey instruments to assess minority stress and culturally-specific coping processes. Second, these instruments will be used in an anonymous survey of stigmatized individuals examining stressors (traumatic events, minority stressors, and general stressors), coping (culturally-specific and general) and mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety, suicidality, PTSD, and substance use). Third, the applicant will work on a larger, NIMH-funded study of two-spirit Native Americans, utilizing innovative sampling strategies, in order to examine the construct of minority stress in a specific ethnic minority population while simultaneously gaining advanced skills and knowledge in the area of sampling methodology. Outcomes from all three studies may be used to advance the field of mental health research and treatment of stigmatized groups and may have public-policy implications.

描述（由候选人提供）：假设受污名个体的精神障碍率升高与该人群所经历的个人和文化压迫有关。 然而，在经验研究中，这种“少数压力”假设尚未得到充分的研究，部分原因是由于缺乏对这种结构的明确定义，并且缺乏对其进行文化敏感的仪器进行评估。 拟议的研究将在三个组成部分中为申请人制定研究计划，以解决因种族/种族或性别以外的其他原因而受到污名的少数群体压力，应对和心理健康之间的关系。 首先，申请人将开发调查工具，以评估少数群体压力和特定于文化的应对过程。 其次，这些仪器将用于对检查压力源（创伤事件，少数压力源和一般压力源），应对（养殖特定和一般性）以及心理健康结果（抑郁，焦虑，自杀，自杀，PTSD和药物使用）的匿名调查。 第三，申请人将利用创新的抽样策略对两国精神原住民进行的更大的，NIMH资助的研究，以研究特定少数民族人口的少数族裔压力的建构，同时在抽样方法论领域中获得先进的技能和知识。 所有三项研究的结果均可用于推进污名团体的心理健康研究和治疗领域，并可能具有公共政策含义。