Table 4.

Relationships or stressors and mental health outcomes to cortisol waking levels and change over the day (linear slope) by race.

EffectA		Blacks		Whites
A. Stressors		Waking Level	Linear Slope	Waking Level	Linear Slope
1. Perceived racism		0.002	0.003	−0.10	−0.001
2. Perceived discrimination		−0.04	0.010*	−0.01	0.010*
3. Racial daily hassles		0.01*	0.001	0.01*	0.001
4. Financial strain		0.11**	0.004	0.11**	0.002
5. Problems over the past year		−0.02	−0.01	−0.08	0.020
6. Stressful life eventsB		0.01	−0.03	−0.02	.005*
7. Distressed neighborhoodB		0.01	−0.01	−0.14***	0.003
8. High exposure to person violence	Low	0.20*	−0.040**	−0.19***	0.040
	Medium	0.09	−0.023	-	0.030
	High	-	-	−0.08	-
9. High family conflict		0.02	−0.008	−0.14***	0.007
B. Mental Health Outcomes		Waking Level	Linear Slope	Waking Level	Linear Slope
10. Frequency of Antisocial BehaviorB		.003	−.002	−.04***	.004
11. Antisocial self-descriptionB		.020	.02*	−.30***	.020*
12. Cigarette smoking		0.05	−.02	−0.16	.030**
13. Alcohol use		−.12*	0.02	−.12*	0.010
14. Marijuana use		0.11	0.0001	−0.10	0.020
15. Brief Symptom Inventory		0.03	0.005	0.06	0.002

NOTE:

^*p< .05

^**p< .01

^***p< .001.

^Aeach stressor measure and its interactions and mental health outcome were added to the base model in separate analyses. They are shown in single columns for brevity. Parameters for predictors in the base model vary only slightly depending on which stressor is included.

^BOnly linear effects are illustrated. Quadratic effects or quadratic interactions with Race were later found.