Welcome to the Racism, Identity, Coping, and Health Lab (RICH LAB) in the Department of Psychology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
In the RICH Lab, we seek to understand racial discrimination as a chronic psychosocial stressor that heightens African Americans' risk for physical (e.g., cardiovascular disease) and mental (e.g., depression and anxiety) health concerns.
In particular, we are committed to: (1) Elucidating whether racial discrimination is a unique or distinct stressor for African Americans with consequences that exceed those of non-race-related stressors, (2) Explicating the psychological processes that underlie the association between racial discrimination experiences and deleterious outcomes, and (3) Identifying person-related characteristics that serve as potential protective or vulnerability factors in the context of racial discrimination.
In the RICH Lab, we seek to understand racial discrimination as a chronic psychosocial stressor that heightens African Americans' risk for physical (e.g., cardiovascular disease) and mental (e.g., depression and anxiety) health concerns.
In particular, we are committed to: (1) Elucidating whether racial discrimination is a unique or distinct stressor for African Americans with consequences that exceed those of non-race-related stressors, (2) Explicating the psychological processes that underlie the association between racial discrimination experiences and deleterious outcomes, and (3) Identifying person-related characteristics that serve as potential protective or vulnerability factors in the context of racial discrimination.
