Biological Effects of Microaggressions on African Americans
Primary Submission Contact
Asia Banks
Faculty Sponsor
Jim Nelson
Faculty Sponsor Email Address
jim.nelson@valpo.edu
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/Program
Psychology
Document Type
Poster Presentation
Date
Fall 10-28-2016
Abstract
Many US minority groups experience frequent and casual negative interactions known as microaggressions. The purpose of this research is to determine how significantly a person’s mental health is effected due to microaggressions. I will conduct this research using a subject group of African American students at Valparaiso University. I will provide them with a rating scale to determine if a person has actually encountered microaggressions. Subjects will be divided into two groups, according to whether they have been frequently or infrequently confronted with microaggressions, and from there I will determine how microaggressions affected their mental health overall. Group comparison, linear modeling and other statistical procedures will be used to test for significant effects.
Recommended Citation
Banks, Asia, "Biological Effects of Microaggressions on African Americans" (2016). Fall Interdisciplinary Research Symposium. 3.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/fires/3
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