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

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

Caribbeans, Migrants, Psychology, Black Caribbean immigrants, ethnic identity, racial identity

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.

Andrew D. Case

IDEALS @ Illinois

Master's Thesis

2009

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