@article{hoggard_volpe_hatton_jones_tikhonov_davis_2023, title={"Now I just need something sweet": Racism, emotional eating, and health among African Americans}, volume={316}, ISSN={["1873-5347"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114947}, abstractNote={The Environmental Affordances Model theorizes that systemic racism disproportionately exposes African Americans in the United States to chronic everyday stressors (e.g., individual racism) while simultaneously shaping the availability of coping resources (e.g., fast food outlets) and engagement in self-regulatory strategies (e.g., emotional eating). Greater engagement in self-regulatory strategies is theorized to preserve mental health while contributing to medical morbidities and mortality.However, few studies have tested the Environmental Affordances Model, limiting our understanding of how the proposed pathways operate in the lives of African Americans.In the present study, the associations between systemic racism (institutional racism, cultural racism, neighborhood disadvantage), chronic everyday stressors (exposure to individual racism), emotional eating, and mental (anxiety symptomatology) and physical (self-rated overall physical health) health are assessed in a sample of 751 African Americans aged 18 to 88.The path analysis reveals that institutional and cultural racism are both positively associated with individual racism. Neighborhood disadvantage is inversely associated with individual racism. Individual racism is significantly associated with greater anxiety symptomatology but is unrelated to self-rated overall physical health. Institutional and cultural racism are associated with emotional eating although individual racism and neighborhood disadvantage are not. Moreover, engagement in emotional eating exacerbates, rather than mitigates, the impacts of individual racism on anxiety symptomatology.We conclude that institutional and cultural racism contribute to individual racism experiences and emotional eating whereas emotional eating exacerbates associations among individual racism and anxiety symptomatology.}, journal={SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE}, author={Hoggard, Lori S. and Volpe, Vanessa V. and Hatton, Vanessa L. and Jones, Steven J. and Tikhonov, Aleksandr A. and Davis, Sarah E.}, year={2023}, month={Jan} } @article{nguyen_yu_merchant_criss_kennedy_mane_gowda_kim_belani_blanco_et al._2023, title={Examining Exposure to Messaging, Content, and Hate Speech from Partisan News Social Media Posts on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities}, url={https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/4/3230}, DOI={10.3390/ijerph20043230}, abstractNote={We investigated the content of liberal and conservative news media Facebook posts on race and ethnic health disparities. A total of 3,327,360 liberal and conservative news Facebook posts from the United States (US) from January 2015 to May 2022 were collected from the Crowd Tangle platform and filtered for race and health-related keywords. Qualitative content analysis was conducted on a random sample of 1750 liberal and 1750 conservative posts. Posts were analyzed for a continuum of hate speech using a newly developed method combining faceted Rasch item response theory with deep learning. Across posts referencing Asian, Black, Latinx, Middle Eastern, and immigrants/refugees, liberal news posts had lower hate scores compared to conservative posts. Liberal news posts were more likely to acknowledge and detail the existence of racial/ethnic health disparities, while conservative news posts were more likely to highlight the negative consequences of protests, immigration, and the disenfranchisement of Whites. Facebook posts from liberal and conservative news focus on different themes with fewer discussions of racial inequities in conservative news. Investigating the discourse on race and health in social media news posts may inform our understanding of the public’s exposure to and knowledge of racial health disparities, and policy-level support for ameliorating these disparities.}, journal={International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, author={Nguyen, Thu T. and Yu, Weijun and Merchant, Junaid S. and Criss, Shaniece and Kennedy, Chris J. and Mane, Heran and Gowda, Krishik N. and Kim, Melanie and Belani, Ritu and Blanco, Caitlin Flouton and et al.}, year={2023}, month={Feb} } @article{volpe_benson_ross_briggs_mejia-bradford_alexander_hope_2023, title={Finding the bright side: Positive online racial experiences, racial identity, and activism for Black young adults}, volume={144}, ISSN={["1873-7692"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.chb.2023.107738}, journal={COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Benson, G. Perusi and Ross, Julia M. and Briggs, Alexis S. and Mejia-Bradford, Sasha C. and Alexander, Anitra R. and Hope, Elan C.}, year={2023}, month={Jul} } @article{neukrug_benson_buhrman_volpe_2022, title={Affect Reactivity and Lifetime Racial Discrimination Among Black College Students: The Role of Coping}, volume={5}, ISSN={["1939-0025"]}, DOI={10.1037/ort0000630}, abstractNote={Black individuals face psychological distress resulting from lifetime experiences of racial discrimination, and these experiences may be especially harmful to Black college students as they forge their social identities. One way to examine psychological distress induced by racial discrimination is by assessing affect reactivity, or the degree to which aspects of individuals' mood changes in response to a stressor. This quantitative investigation examines the association between lifetime racial discrimination frequency and stress responses to acute racial discrimination via two aspects of affect reactivity, valence and arousal, and if coping strategies moderate this association. A sample of 239 Black college students (Mage = 19.59, SDage = 2.15, 68.6% female) completed an online questionnaire that included measures of racial discrimination, coping, and demographics. They then attended a laboratory visit during which their affective responses to a stress task were collected. Regression analyses indicated an interaction between lifetime racial discrimination and social support coping on arousal reactivity in response to acute racial discrimination. For individuals who reported low levels of social support coping, more frequent lifetime racial discrimination was associated with a decrease in arousal. For individuals who reported high levels of social support coping, more frequent lifetime racial discrimination was associated with an increase in arousal. Implications for the mental health of Black college students exposed to racial discrimination and avenues for further investigation are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).}, journal={AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY}, author={Neukrug, Hannah and Benson, G. Perusi and Buhrman, Graham and Volpe, Vanessa V.}, year={2022}, month={May} } @article{hope_volpe_briggs_benson_2022, title={Anti-racism activism among Black adolescents and emerging adults: Understanding the roles of racism and anticipatory racism-related stress}, volume={2}, ISSN={["1467-8624"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85125959137&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1111/cdev.13744}, abstractNote={This study examines associations between individual racism, anticipatory racism-related stress, and anti-racism activism among Black adolescents (n = 443; Mage = 15.6; 57.4% female) and emerging adults (n = 447; Mage = 23.8; 77.6% female). The authors tested competing hypotheses about associations between individual racism and anti-racism activism on anticipatory racism-related stress. Findings indicated anticipatory racism-related stress may be both a catalyst and consequence of engagement in anti-racism activism for Black adolescents and emerging adults. Results for each age group varied by type of stress (physiological; psychological) and activism (low-risk; high-risk). Supporting youth engagement in anti-racism activism without increasing anticipatory racism-related stress is a key priority for meaningfully advancing scholarship on the development of anti-racism and pursuit of racial justice.}, journal={CHILD DEVELOPMENT}, author={Hope, Elan C. and Volpe, Vanessa V. and Briggs, Alexis S. and Benson, G. Perusi}, year={2022}, month={Feb} } @article{volpe_smith_skinner_lozada_hope_del toro_2022, title={Centering the Heterogeneity of Black Adolescents' Experiences: Guidance for Within-Group Designs among African Diasporic Communities}, volume={3}, ISSN={["1532-7795"]}, DOI={10.1111/jora.12742}, abstractNote={Despite notable improvements in theory and methods that center the lived experiences of Black adolescents, White supremacy endures in developmental science. In this article, we focus on one methodological manifestation of White supremacy-sampling decisions that assume Black adolescents are a homogeneous group. We examine overlooked concerns about within-group designs with Black adolescents, such as the erasure of some African diasporic communities in the United States. We first describe the homogeneity assumption and join other scholars in advocating for within-group designs. We next describe challenges with current approaches to within-group designs. We then provide recommendations for antiracist research that makes informed within-group design sampling decisions. We conclude by describing the implications of these strategies for researchers and developmental science.}, journal={JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Smith, Naila A. and Skinner, Olivenne D. and Lozada, Fantasy T. and Hope, Elan C. and Del Toro, Juan}, year={2022}, month={Mar} } @article{rapp_volpe_neukrug_2022, title={Erratum In: State-Level Sexism and Women's Health Care Access in the United States: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, 2014-2019}, volume={112}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123905470&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.2105/AJPH.2021.306685}, abstractNote={"Erratum In: State-Level Sexism and Women’s Health Care Access in the United States: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, 2014–2019." , 112(2), p. e4}, number={2}, journal={American journal of public health}, author={Rapp, K.S. and Volpe, V.V. and Neukrug, H.}, year={2022}, pages={e4} } @article{rahal_kurtz-costes_volpe_2022, title={Ethnic identity in Arab Americans: gender, religious upbringing- and age differences}, volume={8}, ISSN={["1363-0296"]}, DOI={10.1080/13504630.2022.2110464}, abstractNote={Arab Americans constitute a diverse, sizeable ethnic minority in the United States. However, limited research has examined the content of Arab American ethnic identity and whether this ethnic identity differs by demographic factors. In the present study, we developed measures of Arab American ethnic identity and cultural practice, and assessed differences in those variables by gender, religious affiliation (Muslim, Christian), and age. Arab American adults recruited online from Amazon Mechanical Turk (N = 391) completed an adaptation of the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity and a measure of cultural practice that was created for this study based on pre-existing scales. Items loaded onto dimensions of identity (ethnic centrality, private regard, public regard), and subscales showed invariance across gender and religious upbringing. When examining group differences in ethnic identity, we found that attitudes regarding being Arab American varied by gender, such that Arab American women reported higher private regard and lower public regard than men. In turn, participants raised in Muslim households reported higher ethnic centrality and cultural practice than those raised in Christian households, potentially related to Muslims’ status as a religious minority in the United Status. Finally, young adults were lower in centrality and private regard than older adults, suggesting either that ethnic identity may develop into adulthood or that young adults’ ethnic identity may be influenced by growing up in American society post-9/11. Taken together, findings illustrate the heterogeneity in the ethnic identity of Arab Americans. Further research is needed to understand individual differences in Arab Americans’ ethnic identity.}, journal={SOCIAL IDENTITIES}, author={Rahal, Danny and Kurtz-Costes, Beth and Volpe, Vanessa V.}, year={2022}, month={Aug} } @article{volpe_dawson_laurent_2022, title={Gender discrimination and women's HPA activation to psychosocial stress during the postnatal period}, volume={27}, ISSN={["1461-7277"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85090248343&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1177/1359105320953470}, abstractNote={Stress due to discrimination may contribute to physiological dysregulation and health risk during the postnatal period. This study examined longitudinal associations between gender discrimination and women's cortisol responses to subsequent stress. Mothers (N = 79) reported gender discrimination and completed mother-infant stress tasks with saliva sampling for cortisol at 6, 12, and 18 months postnatal. Multilevel modeling results indicated more overall gender discrimination was associated with higher cortisol. Changes in gender discrimination were not associated with cortisol over time. Gender discrimination may be a factor in women's postnatal stress and associated health risk via the sensitization of physiological stress responses.}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Dawson, Danyelle N. and Laurent, Heidemarie K.}, year={2022}, month={Feb}, pages={352–362} } @article{volpe_hope_mosley_javidi_sosoo_benson_2022, title={How We Get Free: Graduate Training as an Opportunity for Equitable Participation and Liberation}, volume={8}, ISSN={["1745-6924"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221096086}, DOI={10.1177/17456916221096086}, abstractNote={In this conceptual article, we assert that psychology should be transformed to adopt the explicit goal of working toward the liberation of people oppressed by society rather than striving for mere equality. To achieve such a transformation, it is necessary to reenvision graduate training in psychology. Graduate training in psychology is an important vehicle by which psychologists can become prepared to use research and practice to eradicate inequities in society. Therefore, we propose six pillars for liberation-focused graduate training in psychology: critical unlearning/unknowing, cooperative modes of production, prioritizing indigenous knowledge, embedded interdependence, systems-level action, and prioritizing members of oppressed groups. Although this conceptualization may engender resistance, we argue that there are many potential pathways by which graduate training may use liberation psychology to work equitably with oppressed groups to seek justice.}, journal={PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Hope, Elan C. and Mosley, Della V and Javidi, Hannah and Sosoo, Effua E. and Benson, G. Perusi}, year={2022}, month={Aug} } @article{volpe_benson_czoty_daniel_2022, title={Not Just Time on Social Media: Experiences of Online Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Worse Sleep Quality for Black, Latinx, Asian, and Multi-racial Young Adults}, volume={9}, ISSN={["2196-8837"]}, DOI={10.1007/s40615-022-01410-7}, journal={JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Benson, G. Perusi and Czoty, Larsan and Daniel, Christiana}, year={2022}, month={Sep} } @article{rapp_volpe_hale_quartararo_2022, title={Policy Brief}, volume={63}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85125582457&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1177/00221465211073836}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Health and Social Behavior}, author={Rapp, K.S. and Volpe, V.V. and Hale, T.L. and Quartararo, D.F.}, year={2022}, pages={1} } @article{oh_susser_volpe_lui_besecker_zhou_anglin_2022, title={Psychotic experiences among Black college students in the United States: The role of socioeconomic factors and discrimination}, volume={248}, ISSN={["1573-2509"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.schres.2022.09.004}, abstractNote={Psychosis is more prevalent among Black individuals compared with White individuals. However, it is unknown whether this disparity exists among college populations in the United States, and if so, what factors contribute to the disparity. We analyzed data from Black and White young adult students using the Health Minds Study (2020−2021), which is a survey administered at 140 colleges in the U.S. Using mediation analysis, we examined the extent to which the relation between race and psychotic experiences was mediated by socioeconomic factors (past and current financial distress, food insecurity, parental education) and discrimination. Approximately 38 % of Black students and 30 % of White students reported lifetime psychotic experiences. Including all socioeconomic factors together in the same model accounted for just over half (50.2 %) the association between race and psychotic experiences. We then conducted additional analyses examining discrimination, all the socioeconomic factors plus discrimination accounted for 81.5 % of the association between race and psychotic experiences. When disentangling the mediators, food insecurity and discrimination accounted for the largest percentages of the association. The effects of past financial distress and parental education were modified by race. Black college students were more likely to report lifetime psychotic experiences than their White counterparts. Moreover, socioeconomic factors and discrimination made significant contributions to this racial difference.}, journal={SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH}, author={Oh, Hans and Susser, Ezra and Volpe, Vanessa V. and Lui, Florence and Besecker, Megan and Zhou, Sasha and Anglin, Deidre M.}, year={2022}, month={Oct}, pages={198–205} } @article{benson_volpe_2022, title={Too Manly and Too Straight? Perceived Sexual Orientation of Black and White Men and Women}, volume={5}, ISSN={["1540-3602"]}, DOI={10.1080/00918369.2022.2070445}, abstractNote={Using data from an online survey assessing perceptions of 12 target1 photos of Black and White males2 and females, the current study examined a moderated mediation model of sexual orientation perceptions (N = 310). Results indicated that perceived masculinity/femininity was not a mediator in the association between target gender and perceived sexual orientation. Black male targets were perceived to be more heterosexual than White male targets, Black female targets were perceived as less heterosexual than White female targets, and Black targets were perceived as more masculine than White targets. These findings may indicate rigid gender- and sexuality-related expectations for Black men. Black women who are perceived as gay may be more at risk of related interpersonal harm than White women. Black sexual minority individuals may face challenges in navigating identity concealment or disclosure. Future research should explore the potential antecedents and consequences of perceptions of Black individuals' sexual orientation.}, journal={JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY}, author={Benson, G. Perusi and Volpe, Vanessa V.}, year={2022}, month={May} } @article{volpe_katsiaficas_neal_2021, title={"Easier Said Than Done": A Qualitative Investigation of Black Emerging Adults Coping With Multilevel Racism}, volume={27}, ISSN={["1939-0106"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85112129327&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/cdp0000446}, abstractNote={Objectives This qualitative investigation examined how Black emerging adults cope with their worst experiences of racism at multiple levels (individual, cultural, and institutional). Methods A sample of 189 Black emerging adults (M age = 19.34, 68.3% female) from a predominantly White institution completed an online questionnaire with an open-ended question regarding their worst experience of racism and how they coped. Responses to these questions were coded using deductive coding schemes based on established theory-Jones' (1997) tripartite model of racism and Harrell's (2000) typology of coping. Results Results indicated that the majority of participants utilized active and inner-directed coping strategies in response to their worst experience. More participants responded to institutional-level racism with active rather than passive coping. There were no differences in proportions of participants who responded to individual- or cultural-level racism with active rather than passive coping. Similar proportions of participants also reported inner-directed versus outer-directed coping in response to individual-, cultural-, and institutional-level experiences. Conclusions Implications for practice, policy, and programming to support the mental health of Black emerging adults are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).}, number={3}, journal={CULTURAL DIVERSITY & ETHNIC MINORITY PSYCHOLOGY}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Katsiaficas, Dalal and Neal, Aaron J.}, year={2021}, month={Jul}, pages={495–504} } @article{volpe_jones_2021, title={"Enriching the Africana Soul": Black College Students' Lived Experiences With Affinity Housing at a Predominately White Institution}, volume={6}, ISSN={["1938-8934"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85108947591&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/dhe0000332}, journal={JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Jones, Bryanna M.}, year={2021}, month={Jun} } @article{volpe_hoggard_willis_tynes_2021, title={ANTI-BLACK STRUCTURAL RACISM GOES ONLINE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR RACIAL HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH}, volume={31}, ISSN={["1945-0826"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107171298&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.18865/ed.31.S1.311}, abstractNote={Anti-Black racism is an established social determinant of racial health disparities in the United States. Although the majority of research on racism examines in-person individual-level experiences, a majority of Americans engage online and may therefore be exposed to racism directly or indirectly in online contexts. Research suggests that the structural technological features of online contexts may be especially powerful in perpetuating and enacting racism, often in inconspicuous or automated ways. However, there is a paucity of literature that articulates how structural online racism may be an important catalyst for racial health disparities, despite emerging evidence of racism embedded in our technological infrastructures. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to articulate the basis for investigating online racism as a form of structural racism with growing implications for racial health disparities in the digital age. We first define the structural features of online settings that generate and reinforce inequities among racial groups in the United States. Next, we propose a conceptual model detailing potential mechanisms through which structural online racism may translate into racial health disparities. Finally, we discuss ways in which exposures to online racism could be measured in order to capture their structural nature. Implications and future directions for research on online racism as a form of structural racism and corresponding policy for the reduction of racial health disparities are highlighted.}, journal={ETHNICITY & DISEASE}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Hoggard, Lori S. and Willis, Henry A. and Tynes, Brendesha M.}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={311–318} } @article{timmerman_volpe_2021, title={Aspects of campus climate and mental health threats: The role of hypervigilance}, volume={3}, ISSN={["1940-3208"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85104244970&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1080/07448481.2021.1904954}, abstractNote={Objective: This study sought to examine if hypervigilance is one mechanism through which aspects of less supportive campus climates are associated with mental health symptoms for college students. Participants: Data from 386 undergraduate college students attending a small college in the northeastern United States were collected. Methods: Participants completed online surveys which employed established measures of study variables. Results: Hypervigilance mediated the association between subjective social status and symptoms of anxiety and depression; lower subjective social status was associated with greater hypervigilance and greater hypervigilance was associated with more symptoms of anxiety and depression. Less sense of community was also directly associated with more anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms. Conclusions: Hypervigilance may be an adaptive strategy to protect against psychosocial harm for low status members of the campus community, but may damage longer-term mental health. Implications for higher education administrators are discussed.}, journal={JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH}, author={Timmerman, Joanna R. and Volpe, V.}, year={2021}, month={Mar} } @article{hope_brinkman_hoggard_stokes_hatton_volpe_elliot_2021, title={Black Adolescents' Anticipatory Stress Responses to Multilevel Racism: The Role of Racial Identity}, volume={91}, ISSN={["1939-0025"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107964173&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/ort0000547}, abstractNote={Black adolescents face the stressful experience of racism in their everyday lives, which has negative implications for their health and well-being. In the current study, we explored experiences of individual, institutional, and cultural racism in relation to anticipatory racism-related stress responses (e.g., prolonged negative thinking, arousal in expectation of future racism) among Black adolescents (N = 442). We also examined whether three dimensions of racial identity, centrality, private regard, and public regard, moderate those relationships. We found that more experiences of racism at each level were related to greater anticipatory racism-related stress responses, measured as more cognitive activation of racial stressors, appraisal of coping strategies, and anticipation of future racism. We also found that some relationships between experiences of racism and anticipatory stress varied by regard. The positive relation between individual racism and perseverative cognition was stronger for those with low public regard. Similarly, the positive association between cultural racism and psychological anticipation was stronger for those with low public regard. The positive association between institutional racism and physiological anticipation of future racism was stronger for those with higher private regard. These findings contribute to the growing literature on the pervasiveness of racism in the lives of Black youth and the utility of racial identity to reduce harm from racism. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).}, number={4}, journal={AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY}, author={Hope, Elan C. and Brinkman, Marissa and Hoggard, Lori S. and Stokes, McKenzie N. and Hatton, Vanessa and Volpe, Vanessa V. and Elliot, Erin}, year={2021}, pages={487–498} } @article{volpe_hoggard_lipsey_kozak_2021, title={Black-White Racial Disparities in COVID-19: Awareness and Framing of Decision-Making Rationales}, volume={6}, ISSN={["2376-6964"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107743251&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/sah0000321}, abstractNote={Black–White racial disparities in COVID-19 have received much media attention. Yet the degree to which laypeople are aware of these disparities and support equitable ventilator allocation remains unclear. This mixed methods study investigated laypeople’s awareness and the rationales they provided for ventilator allocation. Adults from the United States (N = 249) participated in the study in April 2020. They selected between photos of two people in four comparisons, indicating who they believed was more likely to be affected by COVID-19, to whom they would allocate a ventilator, and their rationale for allocation. Black individuals were more frequently rated as affected by COVID-19 and selected to receive a ventilator. Participants who selected the Black individual to receive a ventilator cited COVID-19 statistics and structural-level need, while participants who selected the White individual cited physical appearance (weight and age) as their rationale. Public support for equitable COVID-19 health policies (e.g., finances for production of ventilators, lock-down and mask-wearing policies) can potentially be harnessed by underscoring differential rates of infection, hospitalization, death, and highlighting structural need. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) © 2021 American Psychological Association}, number={3}, journal={STIGMA AND HEALTH}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Hoggard, Lori S. and Lipsey, Nikolette P. and Kozak, Nicole U.}, year={2021}, month={Aug}, pages={263–271} } @article{volpe_beacham_olafunmiloye_2021, title={Cognitive flexibility and the health of Black college-attending young adults experiencing interpersonal racial discrimination}, volume={26}, ISSN={["1461-7277"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071432102&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1177/1359105319869812}, abstractNote={This study examined the utility of cognitive flexibility for the health of college-attending Black young adults facing chronic interpersonal racial discrimination in a sample of 218 healthy students attending a predominantly White university in the southeastern United States. Path and simple slope analysis indicated that cognitive flexibility moderated the association between racial discrimination and waist circumference but not depressive symptoms. At high cognitive flexibility, more experiences of discrimination were significantly associated with larger waist circumference. Findings suggest that cognitive flexibility may be detrimental for physical health and not of paramount importance for mental health of college-attending Black young adults.}, number={8}, journal={JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Beacham, Alexa and Olafunmiloye, Oluwagbotemi}, year={2021}, month={Jul}, pages={1132–1142} } @article{volpe_willis_joseph_tynes_2021, title={Liberatory Media Literacy as Protective Against Posttraumatic Stress for Emerging Adults of Color}, volume={34}, ISSN={["1573-6598"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85097797274&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1002/jts.22640}, abstractNote={Emerging adults (i.e., age 18-25 years) of color in the United States are exposed to race/ethnicity-related traumatic events in online settings. Although an emerging literature documents the mental health consequences of such online exposures among adolescents, the association between these exposures and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains understudied in emerging adults. Furthermore, little is known about strengths-based factors that may be protective for emerging adults of color faced with such exposures. The current study aimed to fill these gaps by examining the potential of liberatory media literacy (i.e., the ability to critically read, evaluate, support, and create media and technology that represents people of color in their full humanity) to ameliorate the association between exposure to traumatic events online and PTSD symptoms. Emerging adults of color (N = 325, Mage = 22.24, 56.0% male) were recruited to complete a self-report online survey that assessed exposure to race/ethnicity-related traumatic events in online settings, liberatory media literacy, and PTSD symptoms. The results of moderation analysis indicated that increased exposure to traumatic events online was associated with higher PTSD symptoms, β = .22, and that the inclusive media and technology component of liberatory media literacy was protective in this association, β = .19. However, these effects were small, f2 = .22-.23. The potential of liberatory media literacy as a strengths-based asset for emerging adults of color are discussed. Increasing inclusive media and technology skills may be an important target for intervention.}, number={5}, journal={JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Willis, Henry A. and Joseph, Patrece and Tynes, Brendesha M.}, year={2021}, month={Oct}, pages={1045–1055} } @article{v. volpe_schorpp_cacace_benson_banos_2021, title={State- and Provider-Level Racism and Health Care in the US}, volume={61}, ISSN={["1873-2607"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85111904550&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1016/j.amepre.2021.03.008}, abstractNote={