Correction examines health impacts of racism in justice-involved versus nonjustice-involved individuals, suggesting urgent need for intervention.
= 485) completed measures assessing lifetime experiences of racism, race-related stress (anticipatory bodily alarm responses; perseverative cognitions), emotional regulation difficulties, and internalizing (depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder) and externalizing (alcohol use, cannabis use, substance consequences) health outcomes. Multigroup structural equation modeling was used to examine associations between variables and assessment of group differences. Results revealed that (a) there were significant direct associations between racism experiences and anticipatory bodily alarm responses, perseverative cognitions, and emotional regulation difficulties, (b) associations between anticipatory bodily alarm responses and internalizing and externalizing symptoms were mediated by perseverative cognitions and emotional regulation difficulties, and (c) significant differences in pathways were observed based on justice-involvement status. Findings suggest that justice-involved participants may experience worse health outcomes that may be explained by cognitive, emotional, and physiological mechanisms pronounced by experiences of racism. Together, results necessitate the need for interventions to address the impacts of racism to improve health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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