Researchers at the University of Michigan in the United States, decided to find out if race and gender affect how people face depression arising from stressful everyday events. And after seeing the results of the study, I say that I have good news and bad for my Caucasian friends.
National data were observed Survey of American Life (nsal) study to explore the racial and ethnic differences in mental disorders, which interviewed 55,899 adults, including 5,008 blacks (african American or Caribbean blacks) and 891 non-Hispanic whites. Participants were separated by income, educational level, employment and marital status.
After the analysis, the researchers found that white American men are more prone to depression related to stressful events of everyday life than black men and women of any race.
On the other hand, research has shown that white participants reporting less stressful events in your life than black. These events were characterized as marital problems, family members, with health, finances and work, as well as police harassment, discrimination and involvement in crimes.
An author of the study, Shervin Assari, told the Huffington Post that the dark-skinned men grew subject to greater difficulties than white males, so it created a greater resilience. "They have not learned how to mobilize your resources to cope with stressful experiences. Who should speak? How to act? They have not been taught to respond to stress at the same level as the black men," he said.
Although discovering that the coming depression cotiando stress is more strongly among white than black men, the study found that the link does not differ between Caucasians and women of color. So more research is needed to better understand the mechanism behind gender change from the link depression / stress ..
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