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. 2012 May;102(Suppl 2):S232–S241. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300485

TABLE 3—

Associations Between Everyday Racial Discrimination, Masculine Role Norms, and Depressive Symptoms among Community-Dwelling African Americans: United States, 2003–2009

Characteristic Total Sample (n = 674), B (SE) Aged 18–29 Years (n = 325), B (SE) Aged 30–39 Years (n = 180), B (SE) Aged ≥ 40 Years (n = 169), B (SE)
Model 1
Intercept 15.84***(0.76) 15.98*** (0.97) 16.08*** (1.82) 10.39*** (1.49)
ERD 0.23*** (0.19) 0.23*** (0.27) 0.21** (0.41) 0.23** (0.39)
Masculine Role Norms (restrictive emotionality) 0.21*** (0.24) 0.21** (0.36) 0.28*** (0.45) 0.18 (0.49)
Masculine role norms (self-reliance) −0.23*** (0.24) -0.25*** (0.34) −0.17 (0.50) −0.29** (0.49)
Masculine role norms (salience) −0.02 (0.27) 0.02 (0.41) −0.05 (0.51) −0.08 (0.52)
Adjusted R2 0.38*** 0.34*** 0.28*** 0.34***
Model 2
Intercept 15.64*** (0.76) 15.92*** (0.97) 16.18*** (1.73) 10.09*** (1.51)
ERD 0.22*** (0.19) 0.22*** (0.27) 0.19* (0.39) 0.29** (0.41)
Masculine Role Norms (restrictive emotionality) 0.22*** (0.24) 0.21** (0.36) 0.30** (0.42) 0.24* (0.51)
Masculine role norms (self-reliance) −0.24*** (0.24) −0.24*** (0.35) −0.19 (0.49) −0.32** (0.50)
Masculine role norms (salience) −0.03 (0.27) 0.00 (0.41) −0.02 (0.49) −0.07 (0.51)
ERD × restrictive emotionality 0.11* (0.18) 0.04 (0.28) 0.19* (0.35) 0.21* (0.38)
ERD × self-reliance –0.05 (0.19) −0.11 (0.30) 0.13 (0.39) −0.14 (0.37)
Adjusted R2 0.34*** 0.34*** 0.35*** 0.36***

Note: ERD = everyday racial discrimination.

*P < .05; **P < . 01; ***P < .001.