Asian Pacific Islander Desi American college students and COVID-19-related racial discrimination: Mental health and the moderating role of ethnic identity
The research found that COVID-19-related racial discrimination was associated with increased symptoms of depression and anxiety among the full sample of APIDA college students during the first year of the pandemic. Additionally, higher levels of ethnic identity were associated with decreased depression among the entire group. The striking results on the moderating role of ethnic identity among subgroups call for further research on the ethnic identity development of APIDA college students, to help mitigate the effects of racial discrimination within a variety of systemic, complex, and dynamic sociocultural contexts.
Authors
- Jiaming Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7273-495X)
- Yuri Jang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8239-1778)
- Shinyi Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6624-3385)
- Joyce R. Javier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6224-6044)
- Lawrence A. Palinkas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0974-7330)
- Hans Y. Oh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8458-8723)
- Ronna Bañada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5066-6702)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Ewha Womans University (KR)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Institute on Aging (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309399
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40