In this project, the role of sociocultural factors like race, discrimination, and educational stress in the prevalence of emotional health outcomes was explored using data from the most recent wave of the NIH-funded Einstein Aging Study. I hypothesized that race would directly predict poor emotional health, and that educational stress would mediate this relationship. However, educational stress did not predict poorer mental health. Instead, perceived discrimination mediated the relationship between race and depression/anxiety symptoms.
Disparities by Race and Ethnicity in Anxiety and Depressive symptoms and the role of Stressors related to Education
Kaylee Foor
Major:
Psychology
Exhibition Category:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Exhibition Format:
Poster Presentation
Campus:
University Park
Faculty Sponsor:
Jennifer Graham-Engeland
Poster Number:
15993
Award Winner
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Second Place