Race-based rejection sensitivity and racial identity predict African American students' reactions to the fatal shooting of other African Americans: personal threat and identification with shooting victims as mediators

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Race-based rejection sensitivity and racial identity predict African American students' reactions to the fatal shooting of other African Americans: personal threat and identification with shooting victims as mediators
Citation	Roberts LB, Maduro RS, Derlega VJ, Peterkin AL, Hacker DS, Ellis KT. J. Loss Trauma 2017; 22(6): 472-486.
Copyright	(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)
DOI	10.1080/15325024.2017.1328242
PMID	unavailable
Abstract	African American university students (n = 365) read a description of the fatal shooting of African Americans in incidents that most participants perceived as involving racial bias. Then they completed measures about their distress concerning these incidents, identification with the shooting victims, and feeling personally threatened by the shootings. Higher race-based rejection sensitivity and several components of racial identity (higher racial centrality, higher private regard, and lower public regard) predicted more distress about the shootings via increased feelings of personal threat. Only higher racial centrality was related to more distress based on how much participants identified with the shooting victims. The results document how indirect experiences with race-related shootings may elicit distress about these incidents. Language: en