Perceived discrimination and health

In their study of Korean im- migrants’ mental health, for example, Noh, Kaspar, and Wickrama (2007) found that cognitive appraisal of the experiences (i.e., feelings of frustration and intimidation, powerlessness, and helplessness) mediated the association between subtle forms of racial discrimination and depres- MBC: Perceived Discrimination and Health. [...] Given the vital role of subjective appraisal to the strength of the responses to discrimination, it is possible to expect that the association between perceived discrimination and health should be greater the higher the level of perceived exposure (Harrell, Hall, and Taliaferro 2003; Meyers 2009). [...] The saturated model (step 3) is displayed in Tables 3 and 4, and Models 1 and 2 represent the cross-sectional analysis at Waves 2 and 3, while Model 3 represents the longitudinal results of the health indicator at Wave 3 regressed on exposure level to discrimination and social capital at 18 MBC: Perceived Discriminiation and Health Wave 2. The use of logistic regression as a statistical method is [...] The model can be understood as follows: Log[P(Y)/P(No Y)] = βo+ β1X1+…+ βiXi in which P(Y) is the probability of being unhealthy or the presence of health problems; P(No Y) is the probability of not being unhealthy or the absence of health problems; βo is the intercept; and βi. [...] Therefore, the dependent variable is the logarithm of the probability of being unhealthy or the presence of health problems to the probability of not being unhealthy or the absence of health problems.