Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 racial discrimination: Risk and protective factors for internalizing difficulties

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dc.contributor.authorCheah, Charissa S. L.
dc.contributor.authorZong, Xiaoli
dc.contributor.authorCho, Hyun Su
dc.contributor.authorRen, Huiguang
dc.contributor.authorWang, Suqing
dc.contributor.authorXue, Xiaofang
dc.contributor.authorWang, Cixin
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T16:53:45Z
dc.date.available2021-10-20T16:53:45Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-26
dc.description.abstractObjective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has fueled anti-Asian racism and xenophobia in the United States, which negatively impact Asian Americans’ adjustment. To identify risk and protective factors for Chinese American adolescents’ mental health, the present study examined: (1) the associations between Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19-related racial discrimination and their internalizing difficulties; (2) the moderating roles of: (a) adolescents’ bicultural identity integration (BII; harmony and blendedness dimensions separately) and (b) parents’ promotion of mistrust ethnic–racial socialization (PMERS); and (c) the interplay between BII and PMERS in the associations between racial discrimination and internalizing difficulties. Method: Participants included 211 Chinese American adolescents of 10–18 years old (M age = 13.92, SD = 2.33; 48% girls) and their parents (M age = 46.18 years, SD = 5.17; 81% mothers). Results: Overall, adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19-related racial discrimination were associated with more internalizing difficulties, and this association was buffered by BII harmony and blendedness and exacerbated by PMERS. However, a complex interplay among specific BII dimensions and parental PMERS in the associations between racial discrimination and adolescent internalizing problems was revealed. Adolescents with lower levels of BII blendedness were more vulnerable to the negative effects of racial discrimination on their internalizing problems and more susceptible to their parents’ PMERS; adolescents who reported higher levels of BII harmony and perceived lower levels of parental PMERS were more protected from the negative effects of racial discrimination on their internalizing problems. Conclusion: Both adolescents’ and parents’ contributions should be considered simultaneously in promoting resilience in Chinese American families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)en_US
dc.description.urihttps://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-79072-001en_US
dc.format.extent36 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
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dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m23lcj-myoj
dc.identifier.citationCheah, Charissa S. L. et al.; Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 racial discrimination: Risk and protective factors for internalizing difficulties; Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27(4), 559–568, 26 August, 2021; https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/cdp0000498en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/cdp0000498
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/23136
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.titleChinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 racial discrimination: Risk and protective factors for internalizing difficultiesen_US
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