TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Psychosocial stressors, depression, and physical activity among African Americans
JO  - American journal of health behavior
A1  - Wu, Ivan H. C.
A1  - Strong, Larkin L.
A1  - Nguyen, Nga T.
A1  - Cho, Dalnim
A1  - John, Jemima
A1  - McNeill, Lorna H.
SP  - 717
EP  - 728
VL  - 43
IS  - 4
N2  - <b>Objectives:</b> In this study, we examined how racial discrimination and neighborhood perceptions relate to physical activity and sedentary behavior mediated through depression symptoms. <b>Methods:</b> Data were from the first year of a longitudinal cohort study, Project Creating a Higher Understanding of cancer Research and Community Health (CHURCH), based on a convenience community sample of church-attending African Americans collected between April 2012 and March 2013 (N = 370) in Houston, Texas. Measures included racial discrimination, perceived neighborhood problems and vigilance, depression (CES-D), physical activity (IPAQ-short), and sedentary behavior. <b>Results:</b> Main effects from the structural equation model showed that racial discrimination (b =.20, p <.01) was related to greater depression symptoms. The same pattern emerged for neighborhood problems, but the effect was not significant (b =.20, p =.07). Further, depression symptoms were related to less physical activity (b = -.62, p =.03) and greater sedentary behavior (b =.64, p <.01). Indirect effects showed that depression mediated the relationship between racial discrimination and neighborhood problems on physical activity and sedentary behavior. <b>Conclusions:</b> Depression symptoms are an important mechanism by which racial discrimination and perceived neighborhood problems impact physical activity and sedentary behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1087-3244
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.43.4.6
ID  - ref1
ER  -