@article {4505, title = {Everyday discrimination and physical health: Exploring mental health processes.}, journal = {Journal of health psychology}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Mar 2}, abstract = {Goals of this study were to examine the mental health processes whereby everyday discrimination is associated with physical health outcomes. Data are drawn from a community health survey conducted with 1299 US adults in a low-resource urban area. Frequency of everyday discrimination was associated with overall self-rated health, use of the emergency department, and one or more chronic diseases via stress and depressive symptoms operating in serial mediation. Associations were consistent across members of different racial/ethnic groups and were observed even after controlling for indicators of stressors associated with structural discrimination, including perceived neighborhood unsafety, food insecurity, and financial stress.}, issn = {1461-7277}, doi = {10.1177/1359105315572456}, author = {Earnshaw, Valerie A and Rosenthal, Lisa and Carroll-Scott, Amy and Santilli, Alycia and Gilstad-Hayden, Kathryn and Ickovics, Jeannette R} }