Coping with perceived discrimination: Does ethnic identity protect mental health?
Coping with perceived discrimination: Does ethnic identity protect mental health?
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DOI：
10.2307/1519782
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
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5
通讯作者：
Mossakowski, KN
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作者：
Mossakowski, KN
本研究使用来自菲律宾裔美国人的大规模流行病学研究的数据（N = 2,109），探讨种族认同是否与心理健康和减少歧视压力有关。研究发现，对某个种族群体的认同程度与抑郁症状的减少直接相关。换句话说，拥有民族自豪感、参与民族习俗以及对某一种族/族裔群体的文化承诺可以保护心理健康。自我报告一生中遭受的种族/民族歧视以及过去一个月中非种族/民族原因的日常歧视与抑郁症状水平的增加有关。然而，民族身份可以缓冲种族/族裔歧视的压力。这表明种族认同是少数种族/族裔的应对资源，不应被忽视。种族认同和更好的心理健康之间的密切联系对美国关于种族/族裔和同化的社会心理学理论具有影响。
Using data (N = 2,109) from a large-scale epidemiological study of Filipino Americans, this study examines whether ethnic identity is linked to mental health and reduces the stress of discrimination. The strength of identification with an ethnic group is found to be directly associated with fewer depressive symptoms. In other words, having a sense of ethnic pride, involvement in ethnic practices, and cultural commitment to one racial/ethnic group may protect mental health. Self-reports of racial/ethnic discrimination over a lifetime and everyday discrimination in the past month not due to race/ethnicity are associated with increased levels of depressive symptoms. Yet ethnic identity buffers the stress of racial/ethnic discrimination. This suggests that ethnic identity is a coping resource for racial/ethnic minorities that should not be overlooked. The strong link between ethnic identity and better mental health has implications for social-psychological theories on race/ethnicity and assimilation in the United States.