Racialized Gender Stress and Mental Health Among Black Women: a Test of the Vance-wade Intersectional Suicide Risk Model with Longitudinal Data

Citation

Vance, Michelle M.; Wade, Jeannette; Gowdy, Grace; & Dillon, Hannah (2024). Racialized Gender Stress and Mental Health Among Black Women: a Test of the Vance-wade Intersectional Suicide Risk Model with Longitudinal Data. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

Abstract

The recent shift in Black women’s suicide risk calls for a new paradigm focused on unique factors specific to Black womanhood. The Vance-Wade Intersectional Suicide Risk Model (VWISRM) was introduced to contextualize this unexpected spike. According to the VWISRM, for Black women, psychosocial risk factors, gendered racism, and the Strong Black Woman script (SBW) lead to racialized gender stress (RGS) which results in mental health outcomes which are established predictors of suicide-related behaviors.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02076-z

Keyword(s)

Mental health

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Author(s)

Vance, Michelle M.
Wade, Jeannette
Gowdy, Grace
Dillon, Hannah

Year Published

2024

ISSN/ISBN

2196-8837

DOI

10.1007/s40615-024-02076-z

Reference ID

10509