@article{46bdc1ed9c7946dfa133b8ca8fd725ec,
title = "Weathering Probation and Parole: The Protective Role of Social Support on Black Women{\textquoteright}s Recent Stressful Events and Depressive Symptoms",
abstract = "Despite an overrepresentation of Black women in the criminal justice system, Black women{\textquoteright}s mental health at the precarious intersection of race, gender, and community-based correctional supervision has been underresearched. Building on weathering theory, this study conceptualized criminal justice involvement as a social inequality that negatively affects Black women{\textquoteright}s mental health. This study investigated the relationships between recent stressors, forms of social support, and depression through moderated regression analyses with a sample of 169 Black women on probation and parole. Almost half of the women met criteria for clinical levels of depression. Distinct forms of social support served as statistically significant protective factors between stressors and depression symptoms. Our findings highlight the importance of studying the mental health of Black women under correctional surveillance and bolstering multiple forms of support to promote their well-being. The impact of criminal justice involvement and institutional racism on Black women{\textquoteright}s mental health requires further research.",
keywords = "Black women, criminal justice, depression, mental health, social support",
author = "Malcome, {Marion L.D.} and Gina Fedock and Garthe, {Rachel C.} and Seana Golder and George Higgins and Logan, {T. K.}",
note = "Funding Information: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7702-0347 Malcome Marion L. D. 1 Fedock Gina 1 Garthe Rachel C. 2 Golder Seana 3 Higgins George 3 Logan T. K. 4 1 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA 3 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA 4 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA Marion L. D. Malcome, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Email: malcome@uchicago.edu 12 2019 0095798419889755 {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019 2019 Association of Black Psychologists Despite an overrepresentation of Black women in the criminal justice system, Black women{\textquoteright}s mental health at the precarious intersection of race, gender, and community-based correctional supervision has been underresearched. Building on weathering theory, this study conceptualized criminal justice involvement as a social inequality that negatively affects Black women{\textquoteright}s mental health. This study investigated the relationships between recent stressors, forms of social support, and depression through moderated regression analyses for a sample of 169 Black women on probation and parole. Almost half of the women met criteria for clinical levels of depression. Distinct forms of social support served as statistically significant protective factors between stressors and depression symptoms. Our findings highlight the importance of studying the mental health of Black women under correctional surveillance and bolstering multiple forms of support to promote their well-being. The impact of criminal justice involvement and institutional racism on Black women{\textquoteright}s mental health requires further research. Black women depression mental health criminal justice social support National Institute on Drug Abuse https://doi.org/10.13039/100000026 1R01DA027981-01A2 edited-state corrected-proof typesetter ts1 Special thanks to the women who have participated in this research as well as the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse for the study (1R01DA027981-01A2). ORCID iD Marion L. D. Malcome https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7702-0347 Funding Information: Special thanks to the women who have participated in this research as well as the Kentucky Department of Corrections. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse for the study (1R01DA027981-01A2). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019.",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0095798419889755",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "45",
pages = "661--688",
journal = "Journal of Black Psychology",
issn = "0095-7984",
publisher = "SAGE Publishing",
number = "8",
}