Despite higher levels of exposure to common chronic stressors across five life domains (health, financial, residential, relationship, and caregiving), Black study participants were found to suffer less from symptoms of anxiety and depression than white study participants. Our new Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work, Leah Abrams, PhD, is an author on a paper that that explores how stress appraisal (the extent to which stress exposures are perceived to be upsetting) may help to explain patterns of mental health outcomes among Black and white older Americans.
How stressors are perceived may contribute to differences in mental health between Black and white older adults
