U.S. Based CollaborationsÂ
Sources of Discrimination, Mood, and Health: A Latent Class Analysis
Project Coordinators: Maryam Hussain, Ph.D., Brandon Dial, B.A., and Marcus Joyner B.A.
Marcus.joyner21@my.stjohns.edu
 University of Colorado-Boulder
This longstanding collaboration enables research on the health effects of discrimination and historical trauma facing American Indians/Alaskan Natives. These projects were funded by the American Heart Association.
PI Irene Blair, Ph.D.
Subcontract to St. John’s University, PI, Elizabeth Brondolo, Ph.D.
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Irene Blair, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Chair, and Director of Undergraduate Education in Psychology & Neuroscience, CU-Boulder
EMA Studies of Food Consumption among American Indians Alaskan Natives
Project Coordinator: Jessica Korins, M.A.
Jessica.korins18@my. stjohns.edu
American Indian/Alaskan Natives suffer disproportionately from diet-related illnesses including diabetes. To develop effective interventions, it is critical to understand the correlates and predictors of food consumption in everyday life. We used daily diaries to capture food consumption, mood, and social interactions for American Indian/Alaska Native adults. This analysis draws on data from a study funded by a grant from the American Heart Association (Irene Blair, PI). Under the direction of Dr. Irene Blair, CHIRP Fellows led by Jessica Korins, MA and Andrew Miele, MA analyze daily diary data on food consumption and daily activities to examine relations among food consumption patterns of socialization and mood.
Historical Trauma, Mood, and Blood Pressure Among American Indians/ Alaskan Natives
Project Coordinators: Milena Tutiven, B.A. and Sheena Yoshioka, B.A.
milena.tutiven22@my.stjohns.edu
sheena.yoshioka18@my.stjohns.edu
Historical trauma poses adverse psychological effects for marginalized communities like American Indians/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) and may be associated with health outcomes. The current research explores the relationship between historical trauma and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) collected throughout the day during everyday activities and overnight. This study draws on data from a grant from the American Heart Association (Irene Blair, PI). In data from a sample of 304 urban-dwelling American Indian adults from the Denver metro area, CHIRP Fellows, led by Milena Tutivan and Andrew Miele, conduct analyses on the relation of discrimination, historical trauma, and daily mood and ABP.
Qualitative Studies of Discrimination among American Indians/ Alaskan Natives
Project Coordinators: Renee and Matthew Roland
mattr5541@gmail.com
American Indians/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) experience high levels of structural and interpersonal discrimination. In this study, we examine the levels of different types of discrimination faced by the sample of urban AI/AN individuals and use stories from interviews with this sample to illustrate the lived experiences of discrimination they face. We examine relations between these descriptions and categories of discrimination derived from quantitative analyses. This study was funded by a grant from the American Heart Association (Irene Blair, PI). CHIRP Fellows, led by Matthew Roland, analyze the qualitative data and prepare the manuscript describing the findings.
CHIRP-USA
A collaboration with scholars from Penn State University (Jennifer Graham-Englander, Ph.D.), University of California-Merced (Matthew Zawadski, Ph.D), and their trainees
The aim of this collaboration is to develop new research papers from data collected in projects on discrimination and health funded by the NHLBI, AHA, and the Richard & Camille Sinatra Endowment (PI: Elizabeth Brondolo)
Emily Fair, M.A., Jennifer Graham-England, Ph.D., Maryam Hussain, Ph.D., Matthew Zawadski, Ph.D., Elizabeth Brondolo, Ph.D., Patrick Louie Robles, MPH.
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Jennifer Graham-Engeland
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Professor-In-Charge of the Graduate Program
Matthew Zawadski, PhD
Associate Professor in Psycholgoical Sciences
Dakota Witzel, PhD
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
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People may experience many types of direct and vicarious discrimination (e.g., race-related social social exclusion, race-related physical threat) from different sources (e.g., in person, vicariously from reports of family members, or from the media) and in many different venues (i.e., school, work, etc.). Yet it is unclear how these experiences cluster together for different groups of people. We used surveys administered to 800 Black and Hispanic adults and latent class analyses to understand patterns in their exposure to discrimination. CHIRP Fellows led by Brandon Dial and Marcus Joyner are examining sociodemographic predictors of latent class membership, as well as relations of latent class membership to measures of anger, sadness, and anger expression. These analyses may permit a greater understanding of the ways in which different types and levels and patterns of discrimination confer a psychological burden on targeted individuals. These data are drawn from a study funded by the National Heart Long and Blood Institute (E. Brondolo, PI).
Sources of Discrimination, Mood, and Health: A Latent Class Analysis
Project Coordinators: Maryam Hussain, Ph.D., Brandon Dial, B.A., and Marcus Joyner, B.A.
Marcus.joyner21@my.stjohns.edu
Brandon.dial21@my.stjohns.edu
The ways in which people express anger have an effect on their social interactions. In this daily diary study we examine how momentary expressions of anger affect the quality of subsequent social relations. The effects of anger and anger expression on relationships may not be the same for all ethnic/racial groups, especially if they vary in their exposure to discrimination, an anger evoking event. We examine whether discrimination and race affect the relations of anger-expression to relationship quality. CHIRP Fellows under the direction of Brandon Dial are preparing a manuscript describing the outcomes of these analyses. These data are drawn from a study funded by the National Heart Long and Blood Institute (E. Brondolo, PI).
Discrimination and Race as Moderators of the Relations of Daily Anger Coping to Daily Perceptions of the Quality of Interpersonal Interactions
Project Coordinator: Brandon Dial, B.A
Brandon.dial21@my.stjohns.edu
​Social conflict is a predictor of poorer health, including elevated BP. The mechanisms of this relationship are poorly understood. Could mood mediate the relations between social conflict and BP. We used daily diaries and ambulatory blood pressure monitors to examine relationships, social interactions, mood and blood pressure (BP) every 20 minutes throughout a testing day in a large sample of Black and Hispanic adults. This project tests the hypothesis that mood mediates the effects of negative interpersonal interactions on BP. Currently a paper, led by Matthew Zawadski, Ph.D. which describes these analyses is under review. These data are drawn from a study funded by the National Heart Long and Blood Institute (E. Brondolo, PI).
Mood as a Mediator of the Relations of Interpersonal Conflict to Blood Pressure in Everyday Life
Project leader: Matthew Zawadski, Ph.D.
​Substantial data suggest that gender influences emotional and cardiovascular reactivity to social stress. The relations among gender, emotion and BP change across the lifespan. To assess the interactive effects of gender and age on psychological and physical responses to social stress, we used daily diaries to assess interpersonal interactions and mood and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to assess BP levels during the day. We test the hypothesis that the relations of negative interpersonal interactions to mood and BP vary by age, gender and their interaction. Currently a paper, led by Patrick Louie Robles which describes these analyses is in preparation.These data are drawn from a study funded by the National Heart Long and Blood Institute (E. Brondolo, PI).
Age and Gender Moderate the Relations of Negative Interpersonal Interactions to Mood and Blood Pressure.
Project leader: Patrick Louis Robles, MPH, Northwell Health