Introduction Subjective well-being, a measurement of quality of life, varies systematically across racialised groups. However, the use of inconsistent subjective well-being measures across academic disciplines results in conflicting subjective well-being findings for people racialised as Black or African American in the USA.
The aim of this scoping review is to provide a comprehensive overview of how subjective well-being is measured for people racialised as Black or African American in the USA and to examine how subjective well-being reports differ between people racialised as Black and white in the nation. Methods and analysis This scoping review will use the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and report findings according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines.
A predefined search strategy was used on 17 April 2024 to search PubMed (includes MEDLINE), APA PsycINFO (ProQuest), Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest), EconLit (EBSCOhost) and Scopus for studies published in English. Articles will be included if they specify Black or African American population, subjective well-being, and include populations within the USA.
BMJ Open published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 02 Apr 2026.
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