Table 2. Regression coefficients for the effects of everyday discrimination and racial identity on self-reported depression, anxiety, fatigue, perceived stress, and state self-esteem (controlling for gender, age, and socioeconomic status).
| Depression Coeff (SE) |
Anxiety Coeff (SE) |
Fatigue Coeff (SE) |
Perceived stress Coeff (SE) |
State self-esteem Coeff (SE) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper-middle class (with upper class as the reference group)a | 0.23 (1.06) | 1.66 (1.09) | 1.54 (1.06) | −0.02 (0.07) | 0.08 (0.07) |
| Lower-middle classb | 1.31 (0.91) | 1.83+ (1.95) | 1.46 (0.91) | −0.0002 (0.06) | 0.08 (0.06) |
| Age | 0.30 (0.55) | 0.71 (0.57) | 1.28* (0.56) | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.01 (0.03) |
| Gender (with female as the reference group) | 0.82 (0.69) | −0.29 (0.71) | −1.24+ (0.70) | −0.01 (0.04) | 0.02 (0.04) |
| Everyday discrimination | 2.90** (0.59) | 2.56** (0.61) | 1.76** (0.60) | 0.17** (0.04) | −0.17** (0.04) |
| Racial identity | 2.40** (0.74) | 1.92* (0.76) | 0.90 (0.75) | 0.10* (0.05) | −0.11* (0.05) |
| Racial identity × everyday discrimination | 1.61* (0.62) | 0.73 (0.64) | 0.62 (0.63) | 0.07+ (0.04) | −0.09* (0.04) |
| R2 | 0.16** | 0.11** | 0.004** | 0.10** | 0.11** |
The pattern or significance of results did not change when controlling for percentage of Black/African American students
**
p < 0.01;
*
p < 0.05;
+
p < 0.10
a
Previous research suggests that class may affect psychological well-being; thus, it is included as a covariate. However, it is not central to the goals of this paper