Context, Culture, and Mental Health

Sociocultural and contextual factors influence mental health. These factors may buffer or increase risk for mental disorders among minoritized populations. We investigate these factors among racial and ethnic minoritized groups and focus on Black women’s mental health, including Strong Black Woman/Superwoman Schema.

Publications 

Nelson, T., Cardemil, E. V., Overstreet, N. M., Hunter, C. D., & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2022). Association between superwoman schema, depression, and resilience: The mediating role of social isolation and gendered racial centrality. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000533

Hernandez, C, & Moreno, O., Garcia-Rodriguez, I, Fuentes, L., & Nelson, T. (2022). The Hispanic paradox: A moderated mediation analysis of health conditions, self-rated health, and mental health among Mexicans and Mexican Americans. Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 180-198, https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2032714.

Cavanaugh, C. E., & Nelson, T., (2022). A national study of the influence of adverse childhood experiences on depression among Black adults in the United States. Journal of Affective Disorders, 311, 523-529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.112

Nelson, T., Brown, M. B., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., & Moreno, O. (2021). Gendered racism, anxiety, and depression: The mediating roles of gendered racialized stress and social isolation. Ethnicity & Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.10.1080/13557858.2021.2002826 

Shahid, N. N., Nelson, T., & Cardemil, E. V. (2018). Lift every voice: Exploring the stressors and coping mechanisms of Black college women attending predominately White institutions. Journal of Black Psychology, 44(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798417732415

Nelson, T., Cardemil, E. V. & Adeoye, C. T. (2016). Rethinking strength: Black women’s perceptions of the ‘strong Black woman’ role. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(4), 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684316646716