Abstract
The current study explores the potential buffering effect of trait mindfulness on the impact of racism on anxiety symptomology
in an African-American sample. Fifty-seven participants completed a questionnaire packet containing measures of anxious arousal
and stress (general anxiety) symptoms, trait mindfulness, and experience of racist events. Results indicated that trait mindfulness
moderated the relationship between past-year frequency of racist events and anxious arousal. Specifically, the relationship
between past-year frequency of racist events and anxious arousal was significantly positive at low levels of trait mindfulness
and not significant at high levels of trait mindfulness. The clinical implications of these findings and future research directions
are discussed.
in an African-American sample. Fifty-seven participants completed a questionnaire packet containing measures of anxious arousal
and stress (general anxiety) symptoms, trait mindfulness, and experience of racist events. Results indicated that trait mindfulness
moderated the relationship between past-year frequency of racist events and anxious arousal. Specifically, the relationship
between past-year frequency of racist events and anxious arousal was significantly positive at low levels of trait mindfulness
and not significant at high levels of trait mindfulness. The clinical implications of these findings and future research directions
are discussed.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category ORIGINAL PAPER
- Pages 1-10
- DOI 10.1007/s12671-012-0133-2
- Authors
- Jessica R. Graham, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, USA
- Lindsey M. West, Education Discovery Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA
- Lizabeth Roemer, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, USA
- Journal Mindfulness
- Online ISSN 1868-8535
- Print ISSN 1868-8527