Racism is a chronic stressor fueled by stigma that can result in significant distress and
dysfunction as well as negatively affect emotions, behavior, quality of life, and brain health …

Racial trauma refers to experiences related to threats, prejudices, harm, shame, humiliation,
and guilt associated with various types of racial discrimination, either for direct victims or …

Despite the proclamation of a “postracial” society, racism in the United States remains “alive
and sick”(SP Harrell, 2000), negatively impacting the physical, psychological, and emotional …

Recently, research has reported that the rates of suicide among Black children between the
ages of 5 to 12-years-old are increasing as they are now more likely to commit suicide than …

Examinations highlighting interpersonal racism-related experiences as risk factors for
substance use are well documented, particularly for alcohol use. The associations between …

Objectives: Several studies have documented the negative impact of microaggressions on
anxiety among Black individuals. However, few investigations have examined the impact of …

Childhood maltreatment is a potent interpersonal trauma associated with dysregulation of
emotional processes relevant to the development of psychopathology. The current study …

Young men who have sex with men (YMSM), especially YMSM of color, are at increased risk
for a wide range of threats to their health and well-being. In this study, we recruited and …

Abstract Objective/Participants: In a large, diverse sample of college students (N= 2,230),
this online study investigated racial/ethnic differences on type of discriminatory event …

Depressive and anxiety symptoms are increasingly common, and problematic alcohol use
remains prevalent in college. To expand on prior research on mostly white samples, we …