Mental Health and Well-Being in Different Levels of Perceived Discrimination

Background: to compare mental health and well-being in different levels of the perceived discrimination among iranian people living in tehran. method: using multi-stage sampling, 1255 subjects with the average age of 45 years and 9 months (including 672 women and 583 men) were selected and they completed all items of the general health questionnaire (ghq), the social well-being inventory (swi), personal well-being inventory (pwi), and a question to assess the perceived discrimination. results: data analysis by kruskal-wallis test revealed that there were significant differences between physical symptoms (χ2=5.93, p<0.05) and depression (χ 2=15.70, p<0.05), the subscales of mental health in different levels of the perceived discrimination. furthermore, comparing personal well-being scores and its subscales in different levels of the perceived discrimination showed significant differences in personal hygiene (χ2=7.20, p<0.05), and security in future (χ2=7.60, p<0.05). emotional well-being (χ2=12.25, p<0.05), self-rule (χ2=7.45, p<0.05), personal growth (χ2=19.87, p<0.05), and psychological well-being (χ2= 9.09, p<0.05) were significantly different in different levels of the perceived discrimination, too. moreover, comparing social well-being in different levels of the perceived discrimination indicated significant differences between social acceptance (χ 2=14.91, p<0.05), and social participation (χ 2= 10.91, p<0.05). conclusion: therefore, people are more active in society, increases the possibility of encountering with discrimination and consequently the perception of that.