Police encounters as stressors: Associations with depression and anxiety across race

S Alang, D McAlpine, M McClain - Socius, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Stress researchers have emphasized the relationship between social stress and mental
health. However, research investigating police brutality as a stressor is scarce. The authors …

Police brutality, heightened vigilance, and the mental health of Black adults.

S Alang, C VanHook, J Judson, A Ikiroma… - Psychology of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: To examine whether heightened vigilance partially explains associations
between police brutality, depressed mood, and generalized anxiety among Black adults …

[HTML][HTML] Police brutality, medical mistrust and unmet need for medical care

S Alang, D McAlpine, M McClain… - Preventive medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Police brutality is a social determinant of health that can directly impact health status. Social
determinants of health can also impact health indirectly by shaping how people access …

Inequities in anticipatory stress of police brutality and depressed mood among women

S Alang, R Haile, ML Mitsdarffer, C VanHook - Journal of racial and ethnic …, 2023 - Springer
Background Police brutality towards racially minoritized populations is structural racism.
Even though most of the research on the health impacts of police brutality centers the …

Police brutality and unmet need for mental health care

S Alang, TB Rogers, LD Williamson… - Health Services …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective National movements have raised awareness of the adverse mental health effects
of police brutality. This study examines the relationship between perceived police brutality …