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Psychosocial Pathways - CDC cdc.gov Sep 1, 2023 9 facts
claimCertain racial/ethnic groups, women, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are disproportionately affected by mental health issues due to greater exposure to risk factors such as lack of access to mental health care services, discrimination, poverty, and unemployment.
referencePanza et al. (2019) performed a systematic review on the links between discrimination and cardiovascular health among socially stigmatized groups.
referenceBudhwani H, Hearld K, Chavez-Yenter D published 'Depression in racial and ethnic minorities: The impact of nativity and discrimination' in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in 2015, which examines how nativity and discrimination affect depression rates in racial and ethnic minority populations.
claimSocial support mitigates the adverse health consequences of discrimination by allowing people to better cope with unfair treatment in emotionally supportive environments.
claimSocial support mitigates the adverse health consequences of discrimination by acting as a buffer against negative health outcomes.
referenceHailu EM, Needham BL, Lewis TT, Lin J, Seeman TE, Roux AD, and Mujahid MS published a study in 2020 in the Annals of Epidemiology using the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) to examine the relationship between discrimination, social support, and telomere length.
referenceBudhwani H, Hearld K, Chavez-Yenter D. published 'Depression in racial and ethnic minorities: The impact of nativity and discrimination' in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in 2015, which examines how nativity and discrimination affect depression rates in minority populations.
referenceHailu EM, Needham BL, Lewis TT, Lin J, Seeman TE, Roux AD, and Mujahid MS investigated the relationship between discrimination, social support, and telomere length in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), published in Annals of Epidemiology in 2020.
claimSocial stigmatization is defined as the experience of being discredited or rejected due to a characteristic or attribute that is considered undesirable, which can lead to prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health - Maricopa Open Digital Press open.maricopa.edu 7 facts
claimCoping strategies and social support may buffer the effects of discrimination but do not erase all negative impacts.
perspectiveVigilant anti-discrimination efforts, including the development of legal protections for vulnerable groups, are necessary to reduce discrimination, stress, and the resulting physical and mental health effects.
claimCivil rights legislation has protected some stigmatized groups by making discrimination a prosecutable offense in many social contexts, though some groups, such as transgender people, often lack important legal recourse.
claimDiscrimination functions as an uncontrollable, persistent, and unpredictable stressor that can be explained through the general adaptation syndrome.
claimA study by Ajrouch et al. (2010) showed that discrimination predicted high psychological distress among African American mothers living in Detroit.
claimLatinx transgender women face amplified levels of discrimination, which can lead to high stress levels and poor mental and physical health outcomes.
claimIndividuals with multiple social identities (such as gender, age, religion, sexuality, and ethnicity) are often exposed to multiple forms of discrimination simultaneously, which can result in stronger negative effects on mental and physical health, according to Vines et al. (2017).
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology open.maricopa.edu 6 facts
procedureThe general adaptation syndrome process for discrimination involves three stages: (1) the alarm stage, where the target experiences an acute stress response; (2) the resistance stage, where repeated discrimination leads to heightened reactivity as the body prepares to act quickly; and (3) the exhaustion stage, where long-term accumulation of stress responses leads to increased negative emotion and physical health wear.
claimCivil rights legislation has protected some stigmatized groups by making discrimination a prosecutable offense in many social contexts, though transgender people often lack this legal recourse.
referenceA study by Ajrouch et al. (2010) found that discrimination predicted high psychological distress among African American mothers in Detroit, but those with readily available emotional support from friends and family experienced less distress than those with fewer social resources.
claimLatinx transgender women face amplified levels of discrimination, which leads to high stress levels and poor mental and physical health outcomes.
perspectiveWhile social support and coping strategies can buffer the effects of discrimination, they do not eliminate all negative impacts, necessitating broader anti-discrimination efforts and legal protections.
claimIndividuals with multiple social identities, such as gender, age, religion, sexuality, or ethnicity, may experience multiple forms of discrimination simultaneously, which can result in stronger negative effects on mental and physical health (Vines et al., 2017).
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 4 facts
claimDavid Chalmers argues that prima facie, the phenomena a theory of consciousness must account for include both functions (such as discrimination, integration, and report) and experience, and that explaining experience is distinct from explaining these functions.
claimDavid Chalmers argues that his own arguments for the existence of consciousness take the existence of consciousness for granted, while explicitly distinguishing it from functional concepts such as discrimination, integration, reaction, and report.
claimThe manifest phenomena that require explanation in the case of consciousness include discrimination, reportability, integration, and experience.
claimDavid Chalmers defines the 'easy problems' of consciousness as those concerning the performance of functions, such as discrimination, integration, accessibility, internal monitoring, and reportability.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Psychology 2e OpenStax pressbooks.cuny.edu 2 facts
claimAfrican American mothers in Detroit with readily available emotional support from friends and family experienced less psychological distress from discrimination than those with fewer social resources, according to a 2010 study by Ajrouch et al.
claimExperiencing prejudice and discrimination is associated with a number of negative health outcomes.
What Role Does Language Play in Self-Identity? → Question lifestyle.sustainability-directory.com Mar 24, 2025 2 facts
claimSpeaking a non-standard dialect can lead to discrimination in education or employment, which may negatively affect an individual's self-esteem and confidence.
claimLinguistic biases, such as associating specific dialects with negative traits, can perpetuate discrimination and prejudice, negatively impacting individuals' self-esteem and social mobility.
The Complete Guide to Open Source Licenses - FOSSA fossa.com 1 fact
referenceThe Open Source Definition, maintained by the Open Source Initiative, requires that a license must allow free redistribution, ensure source code availability, permit the creation of derivative works, maintain the integrity of the author's source code, prohibit discrimination against persons or groups, prohibit discrimination against fields of endeavor, require distribution of the license, not be specific to a product, not restrict other software, and be technology-neutral.
Addressing Chronic Stress in Therapy | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com May 8, 2024 1 fact
claimExperiencing discrimination and social injustice causes deep stress, particularly for marginalized communities facing systemic inequalities.
The Role of Language in Shaping Social Identity and Cultural ... aithor.com Apr 24, 2025 1 fact
claimStandardized and norm-referenced language-based assessments can function as discriminatory mechanisms by representing minoritized, linguistically diverse individuals as having inferior or delinquent cognitive skills.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Aug 28, 2019 1 fact
referenceHannah Rubin and Cailin O’Connor authored the 2018 paper 'Discrimination and Collaboration in Science', published in Philosophy of Science, which explores how discrimination impacts collaborative scientific efforts.