"""The longer I live here the more I see it"": Exploring length of residence, group identification and race-related stress among black Caribbean immigrants"

This study explored the relationships among length of residence, group identification (racial and ethnic identity) and race-related stress for a sample of Black Caribbean immigrants (n = 96). Participants were recruited through university student organizations, community establishments and snowball sampling. It was hypothesized that length of residence and racial identity would predict race-related stress, and that racial identity would mediate the relationship between length of residence and race-related stress. Regression analyses revealed that racial identity did not mediate the relationship between length of residence and race-related stress. However, length of residence was a significant predictor of cultural race-related stress. Further, racial identity approached significance as a unique predictor of cultural race-related stress. The implications of these and other findings for interventions and future research are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Case, Andrew D.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hunter, Carla D.

• race-related stress
• racism
• Black Caribbean immigrants
• racial identity
• ethnic identity

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2009 Andrew D. Case

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14664

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/14664