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Discrimination also impacts health by inducing negative emotions and lowering self-control, [7] which in turn increases participation in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, [15] [16] alcohol and substance use, [17] reduced physical activity, [11] and overeating.
Racial trauma, or race-based traumatic strss, is the cumulative effects of racism on an individual’s mental and physical health. [1] It has been observed in numerous BIPOC communities and people of all ages, including young children. [2] [3] Racial trauma can be experienced vicariously or directly.
Race-based traumatic stress is the traumatic response to stress following a racial encounter. Robert T. Carter's (2007) theory of race-based traumatic stress implies that there are individuals of color who experience racial discrimination as traumatic, and often generate responses similar to post-traumatic stress. [1]
Community members come together for a vigil in Monroe, Ga., on Friday for the victims of the shooting at Apalachee High School. In both cases, people immediately came to their comfort with hugs ...
In social psychology, shattered assumptions theory proposes that experiencing traumatic events can change how victims and survivors view themselves and the world. . Specifically, the theory – published by Ronnie Janoff-Bulman in 1992 – concerns the effect that negative events have on three inherent assumptions: overall benevolence of the world, meaningfulness of the world, and se
Families mourn Georgia high school shooting victims. Thao Nguyen, Ryne Dennis, Fernando Cervantes Jr. and Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY NETWORK Updated September 5, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The trauma of internalized oppression is intensified by repetitive exposure to explicit violence such as segregation and discrimination, as well as implicitly through various forms of oppressive microprocesses and insidious microaggressions (e.g., privation of inclusion and peripheralizing). [8]
A former Athens-Clarke police officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the Athens-County government on the grounds he was discriminated against when he was fired in 2021 when he was alleged to ...