A Preliminary Study of the Moderating Role of Church-Based Social Support in the Relationship Between Racist Experiences and General Anxiety Symptoms

作者：Graham Jessica R^*; Roemer Lizabeth

来源：Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2012, 18(3): 268-276.

DOI：10.1037/a0028695

• anxiety
• racism
• culture
• religion
• coping

The current study explores the potential buffering effect of church-based social support on the effect of racism on anxiety symptomology in a Black sample. Fifty participants completed a questionnaire packet containing measures of anxious arousal and stress (general anxiety) symptoms, church-based social support, and experience of racist events. Results indicated that church-based social support moderated the relationship between racist experiences and general anxiety symptoms such that at low levels of church-based social support the experiences of racism and stress (general anxiety) symptoms were significantly positively associated. The clinical implications of these findings and future research directions are discussed.

• 出版日期2012-7