The differential gender effect of internalized racism on abdominal obesity in KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa |
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Authors: | Malcolm A Cort Ephraim T Gwebu Eugene S Tull Natasha A Cox Thabiso Modise |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Behavioral Sciences, Athens State University, Athens, AL 35611, United States;2. Department of Chemistry, Geology and Physics, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, United States;3. Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States;4. Department of Psychology, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, United States;5. Department of Sociology, University of Zululand, South Africa |
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Abstract: | This research examined the effect of a psychosocial variable, internalized racism, on abdominal obesity, as measured by waist circumference. Results show that the effect of internalized racism on waist circumference persists net of other controls among women, but not among men. Also, among women who had high levels of internalized racism and high educational levels, a positive relationship to abdominal obesity is evident despite the tendency of education to be protective of abdominal obesity. This study supports other research findings that internalized racism is related to waist circumference among adult women but not among men in Western Hemisphere blacks. It also supports past research findings of a gendered reaction to psychosocial stress. It also illustrates that this relationship occurs on the continent of Africa, an area where research on this phenomenon is scarce. |
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Keywords: | Internalized racism South Africa Type 2 diabetes Abdominal obesity |
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