@article{ref1,
title="Black mothers in racially segregated neighborhoods embodying structural violence: PTSD and depressive symptoms on the South Side of Chicago",
journal="Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities",
year="2023",
author="Mendenhall, Ruby and Lee, Meggan J. and Cole, Steven W. and Morrow, Rebecca and Rodriguez-Zas, Sandra L. and Henderson, Loren and Turi, Kedir N. and Greenlee, Andrew",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study employs multi-level and mixed-methods approaches to examine how structural violence affects the health of low-income, single Black mothers. We use multilevel regression models to examine how feeling &quot;trapped&quot; in racially segregated neighborhoods with high levels of violence on the South Side of Chicago affects mothers' (N = 69) reports of posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms. The relationship between feeling &quot;trapped&quot; and variations in expression of mRNA for the glucocorticoid receptor gene NR3C1 using microarray assays was also examined. The regression models revealed that feeling &quot;trapped&quot; significantly predicted increased mental distress in the form of PTSD, depressive symptoms, and glucocorticoid receptor gene regulation. The mothers' voices revealed a nuanced understanding about how a lack of financial resources to move out of the neighborhood creates feelings of being &quot;trapped&quot; in dangerous situations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2197-3792",
doi="10.1007/s40615-022-01432-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01432-1"
}