Overt and subtle racial discrimination and mental health: Preliminary findings for Korean immigrants
Overt and subtle racial discrimination and mental health: Preliminary findings for Korean immigrants
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2005.085316
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Wickrama, K. A. S.
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作者：
Nolh, Samuel;Kaspar, Violet;Wickrama, K. A. S.
目标.我们研究了显性和隐性形式的种族歧视对心理健康的2个维度-积极情感和抑郁症状的不同影响，并探讨了情绪唤醒和认知评价的中介作用。横断面调查数据收集，通过面对面的访谈样本（N = 180）的成年韩国移民生活在多伦多，安大略。采用结构方程模型得到了通径系数的极大似然估计。感知到的种族歧视与积极情感和抑郁症状的侵蚀有关。公开的歧视与积极情感的侵蚀有关，而微妙的歧视与抑郁症状有关。微妙歧视对抑郁症状的影响是通过认知评价介导的。研究结果强调了对亚洲移民心理健康的微妙歧视的突出性。在我们的样本中，公开的种族偏见的经历似乎对抑郁症状的水平没有什么重要性，尽管公然歧视的经历往往会减少积极的情绪。
Objectives. We examined differential effects of overt and subtle forms of racial discrimination on 2 dimensions of mental health-positive affect and depressive symptoms, and explored the mediating roles of emotional arousal and cognitive appraisal.Methods. Cross-sectional survey data were collected through face-to-face interviews with a sample (N = 180) of adult Korean immigrants living in Toronto, Ontario. Maximum likelihood estimates of path coefficients were obtained using structural equation models.Results. Perceived racial discrimination was associated with both the erosion of positive affect and depressive symptoms. Overt discrimination was associated with the erosion of positive affect, and subtle discrimination was associated with depressive symptoms. Effects of subtle discrimination on depressive symptoms were mediated through cognitive appraisal.Conclusions. The results emphasize the salience of subtle discrimination for the mental health of Asian immigrants. Experiences of overt racial bias seemed to be of little importance for the levels of depressive symptoms among those in our sample, although the experience of blatant discrimination tended to reduce positive mood.