Forms of Racial Discrimination Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Psychological Distress

In brief

The project aims to evaluate a brief intervention for coping with racism-related experiences for people of color and examine momentary factors that may buffer the negative mental health impact of racism.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03720600

Run by

University of Massachusetts, Boston

People needed

76

Starts

2018-09-26

Expected to finish

2020-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-09-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-identifies as a person of color (not white, European American)
• self-reported distress from racial microaggressions (score of 24 or higher on the Racial Microaggressions Scale; this score is 1 SD deviation below the mean in an unpublished dataset from a study conducted at the same institution)

You may not qualify if…

• Has lived in the U.S. for less than 5 years
• Not fluent in English
• Identifies as White, European American

Where it is running

• University of Massachusetts Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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