Racial Discrimination Stress, Coping, and Depressive Symptoms Among Asian Americans: A Moderation Analysis

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 Americ...

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Published in:Asian American journal of psychology 2010-06, Vol.1 (2), p.136-150
Main Authors: Wei, Meifen, Heppner, P. Paul, Ku, Tsun-Yao, Liao, Kelly Yu-Hsin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asians
Coping Behavior
Female
Human
Major Depression
Male
Race and Ethnic Discrimination
Stress
Symptoms
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1948-1985
1948-1993
DOI:10.1037/a0020157