Given prior research connecting microaggressions to negative mental health outcomes, it is important to better understand the social context and process through which microaggressions are associated with poorer mental health. In addition, we put forth a psycho-sociological approach to microaggressions,...
Women are more likely to report some types of microaggressions, and men others. Experiencing microaggressions is associated with an array of negative physical and mental health outcomes. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License....
A common misconception is that 'micro' is associated with the impact. But microaggressions can have significant impacts on someone’s wellbeing. Kevin Groen They might happen on a small scale, but microaggressions are a big deal. Research shows that microaggressions can have anegative impact ...
During my mid-year feedback session, the program director started with a simple question: “How are things going?” I told him that everything was great, and I was learning a lot. I really enjoyed my clinical teams and taking care of patients. His response? “You know, you’re a big...
While microaggressions are generally discussed from the perspective of race andracism, any marginalized group in society may become targets — people of color, women, LGBT persons, those with disabilities, religious minorities, and so on.
Microaggressions are subtle Microaggressions are often so subtle that even the victim may not realize that they have just experienced one until later—likely because microaggressions are oftenaccompanied with dissociation(i.e. disconnection from thoughts, feelings or personal sense of identity). As ...
Microaggressions are associated with mental and behavioral health problems and are common experiences for sexual and gender minority adolescents (SGMA). Little is known about the social ecological correlates of family-level interpersonal and environmental microaggressions for SGMA. Utilizing a national ...
The current findings provide preliminary evidence that racial microaggressions are associated with sleep﹐nset durations and sleep quality among African American and Latinx young adults. Although racial microaggressions are often considered subtle, they may impact the sleep health of young adults in ...
In this mixed-methods study of a survey sample of 152 trans* collegians, multivariable regression findings suggest that the frequency of experiencing select trans* environmental microaggressions (e.g., not having access to comfortable bathrooms as a trans* person) are associated with increased risk...
Research has demonstrated that overt and covert experiences of prejudice and discrimination have been associated with increased stress and distress among people with disabilities (Emerson, 2010; Mazur, 2008), a population with higher than expected rates of mental health concerns. Microaggressions are ...