Abstract

AbstractThe present study examined if Black men's perceptions of COVID‐induced racism (i.e., the extent to which racism increased during the beginning months of the COVID‐19 pandemic) were associated with their reported fear of COVID‐19 and psychological distress. Self‐report COVID‐related variables and psychological distress data from 231 Black men in the U.S. were analyzed alongside archival percentages of confirmed cases and deaths by participants' county at the time of participation. Hierarchical regressions identified perceptions of COVID‐induced racism as a significant predictor of Black men's psychological distress over and above contextual (e.g., county‐level COVID‐19 case %) and individual‐level predictors (i.e., perceived race‐related infection risk and self‐reported COVID‐related stressful life events). This work contributes to the growing literature on health inequities during the COVID‐19 pandemic with a snapshot of Black men's experiences during the COVID‐19 and racism pandemics of 2020 in the U.S.

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