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Brown-Iannuzzi JL, Adair KC, Payne BK, et al. Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Pers Individ Dif. 2014;56doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.015.
Brown-Iannuzzi, J. L., Adair, K. C., Payne, B. K., Richman, L. S., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2014). Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Personality and individual differences, 56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.015
Brown-Iannuzzi, Jazmin L, et al. "Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms." Personality and individual differences vol. 56 (2014). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.015
Brown-Iannuzzi JL, Adair KC, Payne BK, Richman LS, Fredrickson BL. Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Pers Individ Dif. 2014 Jan;56. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.015. PMID: 24347755; PMCID: PMC3862075.
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Pers Individ Dif. 2014 Jan;56. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.015.

Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms.

Personality and individual differences

Jazmin L Brown-Iannuzzi, Kathryn C Adair, B Keith Payne, Laura Smart Richman, Barbara L Fredrickson

Affiliations

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  2. Duke University.

PMID: 24347755 PMCID: PMC3862075 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.015

Abstract

Discriminatory experiences are not only momentarily distressing, but can also increase risk for lasting physical and psychological problems. Specifically, significantly higher rates of depression and depressive symptoms are reported among people who are frequently the target of prejudice. Given the gravity of this problem, this research focuses on an individual difference, trait mindfulness, as a protective factor in the association between discrimination and depressive symptoms. In a community sample of 605 individuals, trait mindfulness dampens the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Additionally, mindfulness provides benefits above and beyond those of positive emotions. Trait mindfulness may thus operate as a protective individual difference for targets of discrimination.

Keywords: Depressive symptoms; Perceived discrimination; Positive emotions; Trait mindfulness

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