Racial discrimination stress, coping, and depressive symptoms among Asian Americans: A moderation analysis.

Abstract

The purpose of our study was to explore: (a) the association between racial discrimination stress and depressive symptoms, and (b) how coping (e.g., individualistic/ collectivistic and dispositional/situation-specific coping) attenuated or strengthened this association specifically among Asian Americans. Data were collected from 201 Asian Americans in a large Midwestern state university through an online survey. Results from a hierarchical regression indicated that racial discrimination stress significantly predicted depressive symptoms over and beyond perceived general stress and perceived racial discrimination. For the moderation effect, the simple effect analyses indicated that low utilization of reactive coping strategies and a high helpfulness rating of family support reduced the strength of association between racial discrimination stress and depressive symptoms.

The Relationship Between Critical Ethnic Awareness and Racial Discrimination: Multiple Indirect Effects of Coping Strategies Among Asian Americans

“…This finding is consistent with prior findings (Liang et al, 2010;Wei et al, 2010) and suggests that self-criticism or simply avoiding people might indeed be maladaptive ways of dealing with racism, and have adverse psychological repercussions. The evidence from the nearly two decades of literature is unequivocal in that Asian Americans are not immune to experiencing racism, even though they are often considered a model minority.…”

“…For example, Kim (in press) reported that critical ethnic awareness, defined as a degree of knowledge and understanding about the racial power hierarchy in a society, had a direct relation to RDEs and was significantly associated with depressive symptoms among Asian American adults. Other studies have examined psychosocial resources, such as social support (e.g., Ajrouch, Reisine, Lim, Sohn, & Ismail, 2010;Gee et al, 2006) and various coping strategies (e.g., Noh & Kaspar, 2003;Wei, Heppner, Ku, & Liao, 2010;Yoo & Lee, 2005) as these factors relate to the effects of RDEs. In keeping with current research efforts, the next research step needs to examine how all of these factors might come together to affect mental health outcomes among Asian Americans.…”

Relationship between perceived discrimination and loneliness among transgender: Mediating role of coping mechanism

“…Along this line, Clark et al (1999) examined factors that or mediates the effects of perceived discrimination such as coping strategies. Wei, Heppner, Ku, and Liao (2010) suggested that the relationship of discrimination related stress and decline in mental fitness can understand by examining coping. In a coping process, individuals use specific coping strategies, and these coping strategies mediate the relationship of stress due to discrimination and psychological modification difficulties (Liang, Nathwani, Ahmad, & Prince, 2010).…”

Leisure and settlement distress: the case of South Australian migrants

“…Often marked as second class citizens (Wei et al 2010), migrants have been identified as a group that is normally associated with difficulties in accessing or engaging in leisure facilities/activities due to numerous obstacles (e.g. Livengood and Stodolska 2004;Kim, Scott, and Oh 2005;Hashim 2012).…”