TY - JOUR
T1 - Moderator effects of cognitive ability and social support on the relation between race-related stress and quality of life in a community sample of Black Americans
AU - Utsey, Shawn O.
AU - Lanier, Yzette
AU - Williams, Otis
AU - Bolden, Mark
AU - Lee, Angela
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - The current study examined the combined moderating effects of cognitive ability and social support on the relation between race-related stress and quality of life in a sample of Black Americans. Participants (N = 323) were administered the Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT; E. F. Wonderlic Associates, Inc., 1983), the Multidimensional Social Support Scale (MDSS; Winefield, Winefield, & Tiggemann, 1992), the Index of Race-Related Stress-Brief (Utsey, 1999), and the WHOQOL-BREF (The WHO Group, 1998). The findings indicated that cognitive ability and social support, conjointly, moderated the relation between individual and cultural race-related stress and quality of life for Black Americans in the current sample. The paper concludes by discussing the study's findings, limitations, and by offering recommendations for future research related to this area of inquiry.
AB - The current study examined the combined moderating effects of cognitive ability and social support on the relation between race-related stress and quality of life in a sample of Black Americans. Participants (N = 323) were administered the Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT; E. F. Wonderlic Associates, Inc., 1983), the Multidimensional Social Support Scale (MDSS; Winefield, Winefield, & Tiggemann, 1992), the Index of Race-Related Stress-Brief (Utsey, 1999), and the WHOQOL-BREF (The WHO Group, 1998). The findings indicated that cognitive ability and social support, conjointly, moderated the relation between individual and cultural race-related stress and quality of life for Black Americans in the current sample. The paper concludes by discussing the study's findings, limitations, and by offering recommendations for future research related to this area of inquiry.
KW - African Americans
KW - Cognitive ability
KW - Racism
KW - Social support
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U2 - 10.1037/1099-9809.12.2.334
DO - 10.1037/1099-9809.12.2.334
M3 - Article
C2 - 16719581
AN - SCOPUS:33745803680
SN - 1099-9809
VL - 12
SP - 334
EP - 346
JO - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
JF - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
IS - 2
ER -