Despite a growing body of epidemiological evidence in recent years documenting the health
impacts of racism, the cumulative evidence base has yet to be synthesized in a …

Background In this paper, we argue for Gender as a Sociocultural Variable (GASV) as a
complement to Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV). Sex (biology) and gender (sociocultural …

Research into autism and mental health has traditionally associated poor mental health and
autism as inevitably linked. Other possible explanations for mental health problems among …

Objectives: Studies have described the experiences of racial microaggressions in everyday
life and on college campuses, yet prior research has not explored how microaggressions …

Racial microaggressions refer to the racial indignities, slights, mistreatment, or offenses that
people of color may face on a recurrent or consistent basis. Racial microaggressions may …

The present study examines the effect of race/ethnicity on measurement equivalence of the
Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS; Williams, Yu, Jackson, & Anderson, 1997). Drawn from …

Rationale Research assessing the health-related consequences of perceived discrimination
depends upon high quality measures of perceived discrimination. The Everyday …

Using nationally representative data from the 2013 Canadian Community Health Survey,
this article examines the prevalence and patterning of self-reported everyday discrimination …

A framework termed “the citizenship shield” is introduced to conceptualize how legal
protections buffer against negative health outcomes among Latinx immigrants in the United …

Rationale. Studies linking discrimination to poor mental and physical health constitute one of
the most robust branches of health inequities research. For more than two decades, and in …