TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived discrimination, psychological distress, and current smoking status
T2 - Results from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system reactions to race module, 2004-2008
AU - Purnell, Jason Q.
AU - Peppone, Luke J.
AU - Alcaraz, Kassandra
AU - McQueen, Amy
AU - Guido, Joseph J.
AU - Carroll, Jennifer K.
AU - Shacham, Enbal
AU - Morrow, Gary R.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Objectives: We examined the association between perceived discrimination and smoking status and whether psychological distress mediated this relationship in a large, multiethnic sample. Methods: We used 2004 through 2008 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Reactions to Race module to conduct multivariate logistic regression analyses and tests of mediation examining associations between perceived discrimination in health care and workplace settings, psychological distress, and current smoking status. Results: Regardless of race/ethnicity, perceived discrimination was associated with increased odds of current smoking. Psychological distress was also a significant mediator of the discrimination-smoking association. Conclusions: Our results indicate that individuals who report discriminatory treatment in multiple domains may be more likely to smoke, in part, because of the psychological distress associated with such treatment.
AB - Objectives: We examined the association between perceived discrimination and smoking status and whether psychological distress mediated this relationship in a large, multiethnic sample. Methods: We used 2004 through 2008 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Reactions to Race module to conduct multivariate logistic regression analyses and tests of mediation examining associations between perceived discrimination in health care and workplace settings, psychological distress, and current smoking status. Results: Regardless of race/ethnicity, perceived discrimination was associated with increased odds of current smoking. Psychological distress was also a significant mediator of the discrimination-smoking association. Conclusions: Our results indicate that individuals who report discriminatory treatment in multiple domains may be more likely to smoke, in part, because of the psychological distress associated with such treatment.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300694
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300694
M3 - Article
C2 - 22420821
AN - SCOPUS:84861935416
VL - 102
SP - 844
EP - 851
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
SN - 0090-0036
IS - 5
ER -