TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Racial Discrimination and Mental Health in Diverse Groups of Asian Americans
T2 - The Differing Impacts by Age, Education, and Ethnicity
AU - Cho, Yong Ju
AU - Lee, Woo Jung
AU - Oh, Hans
AU - Lee, Jungeun Olivia
AU - Kim, Bo Kyung Elizabeth
AU - Jang, Yuri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - The aim of this study was to examine how perceived racial discrimination is associated with mental distress among diverse Asian Americans and to explore the potential moderators in the relationship. Based on the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL) survey (n = 2609), direct influences were tested of the contextual (demographic, health-related, and immigration-related) variables and perceived racial discrimination on mental distress, as well as their interactions. About 30% of the sample reported perceived racial discrimination, and 44% fell into the category of having mental distress. Perceived racial discrimination was associated with 1.90 times higher odds of mental distress and had significant interactions with age, education, and ethnicity. The association of mental distress with perceived racial discrimination was higher among those who were 60 or older, less educated, and Vietnamese than among their respective counterparts. Findings can guide strategic and targeted interventions for high-risk groups.
AB - The aim of this study was to examine how perceived racial discrimination is associated with mental distress among diverse Asian Americans and to explore the potential moderators in the relationship. Based on the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL) survey (n = 2609), direct influences were tested of the contextual (demographic, health-related, and immigration-related) variables and perceived racial discrimination on mental distress, as well as their interactions. About 30% of the sample reported perceived racial discrimination, and 44% fell into the category of having mental distress. Perceived racial discrimination was associated with 1.90 times higher odds of mental distress and had significant interactions with age, education, and ethnicity. The association of mental distress with perceived racial discrimination was higher among those who were 60 or older, less educated, and Vietnamese than among their respective counterparts. Findings can guide strategic and targeted interventions for high-risk groups.
KW - Asian Americans
KW - Mental distress
KW - Perceived racial discrimination
KW - Unfair treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115139744&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10903-021-01271-y
DO - 10.1007/s10903-021-01271-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 34542777
AN - SCOPUS:85115139744
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 24
SP - 970
EP - 976
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 4
ER -
