"I can do bad all by myself": Indirect effect of social support beliefs on the Strong Black Woman schema and depressive symptoms.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000672

Briana N Spivey, Jasmine A Abrams, Natalie N Watson-Singleton, Isha W Metzger

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Abstract

Objectives: The Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema, a multidimensional construct that promotes self-reliance, self-silencing, self-sacrificial caregiving, and resilience, has been linked to depressive symptoms in Black women. Yet, additional research is needed to examine the mechanisms through which this association exists. The present study examines the indirect effect of social support beliefs on the relationship between the SBW schema and depressive symptoms.

Method: Data from a sample of 194 Black women (M_age = 37.53, SD = 19.88) were collected using an online survey assessing internalization of the SBW schema, depressive symptoms, and social support-seeking beliefs.

Results: A primary dimension of the SBW schema, the expectation to manifest strength, was significantly positively correlated with depressive symptoms and negatively correlated with social support seeking. Depressive symptoms were also significantly negatively correlated with social support beliefs. In addition, an indirect effect of support-seeking beliefs was observed between the expectation to manifest strength and depressive symptoms (ab = .12, 95% CI [.02, .24]).

Conclusions: Findings from this study suggest that Black women experience impairing depressive symptoms, which can be explained by race and gender-specific stress-coping ideologies and behaviors, specifically, the SBW schema. Furthermore, the SBW schema is a factor that may contribute to adverse mental health outcomes among Black women vis-à-vis decreased support-seeking beliefs. We discuss the implications of these findings and how these results can help facilitate culturally competent care for Black women. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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"我一个人也能做坏事"：社会支持信念对黑人女强人图式和抑郁症状的间接影响。

目的：黑人女强人（SBW）模式是一种多维结构，提倡自力更生、自我沉默、自我牺牲式照顾和复原力，它与黑人女性的抑郁症状有关。然而，还需要更多的研究来探讨这种关联存在的机制。本研究探讨了社会支持信念对 SBW 模式与抑郁症状之间关系的间接影响：方法：通过在线调查收集了 194 名黑人女性（年龄 = 37.53，标准差 = 19.88）的样本数据，评估 SBW 模式的内化、抑郁症状和寻求社会支持的信念：结果：SBW 模式的一个主要维度 "期望展现力量 "与抑郁症状呈显著正相关，与寻求社会支持呈显著负相关。抑郁症状与社会支持信念也呈显著负相关。此外，还观察到寻求支持的信念在期望彰显力量与抑郁症状之间的间接效应（ab = .12，95% CI [.02, .24]）：本研究的结果表明，黑人妇女会出现抑郁症状，这可以用种族和性别特有的压力应对意识形态和行为（特别是 SBW 模式）来解释。此外，相对于寻求支持的信念的减少，SBW 模式可能是导致黑人妇女出现不良心理健康结果的一个因素。我们将讨论这些发现的意义，以及这些结果如何有助于促进为黑人妇女提供符合其文化背景的护理。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Multiple-

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5.90

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6.10%

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101

期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.

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