The Influence of Hope on the Relationship between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms

Kira Hudson Banks, Illinois Wesleyan University
Jennifer L. Singleton
Laura P. Kohn-Wood

Published by The American Counseling Association, http://www.counseling.org/

Abstract

This study investigated how hope influences the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms. Results from participants’ (N=318) responses suggest that increased levels of hope were directly related to decreased levels of depressive symptoms. However, increased levels of hope were also related to a stronger relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms.