According to a study done by researchers at Georgia State University, African-American men report an average of eight depressive symptoms in a month, with family support, mastery, self-esteem, chronic stressors, and discrimination among the factors that are significant to their psychological health.
The researchers determined the stress process model, a framework for understanding health and health inequalities, was useful for identifying psycho-social risk and protective factors in African-American men, explaining about half (50 percent) of the depressive symptoms. The findings could be beneficial for directing health initiatives and policies aimed at improving the psychological health of this population.
About 11 percent of the African-American men reported 16 or more depressive symptoms, a cutoff often used to estimate for clinical-level depression, although depressive symptoms in these men might be underreported because of gender differences in the expression of depression. Consistent with previous research, this study found individual socioeconomic status in African-American men was not associated with depressive symptoms, possibly because of the often-unrealized rewards associated with higher income and education among African-Americans.
However, the researchers determined African-American men living in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods experienced significantly more depressive symptoms, highlighting the significance of neighborhood socioeconomic status in their psychological health.
More Here; https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/gsu-sir102517.php
MY RESPONSE
This is why I have always said we must do better and treat people how we want to be treated. The Black community can be so much stronger if we stop killing each other and fighting with each other over things that are non-important. We must lift up our Black men, instead of always using them as punching bags. It's already hard for Black men in America, than women, so we must uplift each other.
The researchers determined the stress process model, a framework for understanding health and health inequalities, was useful for identifying psycho-social risk and protective factors in African-American men, explaining about half (50 percent) of the depressive symptoms. The findings could be beneficial for directing health initiatives and policies aimed at improving the psychological health of this population.
About 11 percent of the African-American men reported 16 or more depressive symptoms, a cutoff often used to estimate for clinical-level depression, although depressive symptoms in these men might be underreported because of gender differences in the expression of depression. Consistent with previous research, this study found individual socioeconomic status in African-American men was not associated with depressive symptoms, possibly because of the often-unrealized rewards associated with higher income and education among African-Americans.
However, the researchers determined African-American men living in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods experienced significantly more depressive symptoms, highlighting the significance of neighborhood socioeconomic status in their psychological health.
More Here; https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/gsu-sir102517.php
MY RESPONSE
This is why I have always said we must do better and treat people how we want to be treated. The Black community can be so much stronger if we stop killing each other and fighting with each other over things that are non-important. We must lift up our Black men, instead of always using them as punching bags. It's already hard for Black men in America, than women, so we must uplift each other.
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