Anti-Asian Attitudes in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: an Exploratory Study

Pahl, Kerstin; Wang, John; Sanichar, Navin; Williams, Sharifa Z.; Nick, Gilbert A.; Wang, Lisa; Lekas, Helen‐Maria

doi:10.1007/s40615-022-01376-6

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“…What surrounds this phenomenon is the rising tension between China and some major Western powers. Such COVID-19-driven politics have stirred anti-China, and anti-Chinese and anti-Asian sentiment in the West, especially in the USA [7][8][9][10]. For example, the finger-pointing that implies COVID-19 originated in China has worsened China-USA relations which have been tense since 2008 [10].…”

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Stigmatising and Racialising COVID-19: Asian People’s Experience in New Zealand

Liu

Jia

Ran

et al. 2022

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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The Asian community — the second largest non-European ethnic community in New Zealand — plays an important role in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, evidenced by their active advocation for border control and mass masking. Despite the long history of racial discrimination against the Asian population, the Asian community has experienced certain degrees of racial discrimination associated with the stigmatisation as the cause of the COVID-19 outbreak in New Zealand. Based on data from a quantitative online survey with 402 valid responses within the Asian communities across New Zealand and the in-depth interviews with 19 Asian people in Auckland, New Zealand, this paper will illustrate Asian people’s experience of racial discrimination and stigmatisation during the pandemic in the country. The survey shows that since the outbreak of COVID-19, under a quarter of the participants reported experiencing discrimination, and a third reported knowing an immediate contact who had experienced discrimination. However, when looking beyond their immediate social circle, an even higher proportion reported noticing racism and stigmatisation through the traditional or social media due to COVID-19. Major variations of the degree of racial discrimination experienced are determined by three demographic variables: ethnicity, age, and region. The in-depth interviews largely echoed the survey findings and highlighted a strong correlation between the perceived racial discrimination among the local Asian community and the stigmatisation associated with COVID-19. These findings are important for improving the way we manage future pandemics and other disasters within the context of the UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Stigmatising and Racialising COVID-19: Asian People’s Experience in New Zealand

Liu

Jia

Ran

et al. 2022

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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Discriminatory experiences and depression among Chinese lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the United States: A moderated mediation modeling analysis

Xie,

Lin,

Jiang

et al. 2024

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Chinese individuals in the U.S. have suffered substantial discrimination during the COVID19 pandemic, a stressor exacerbated by multiple minority identities (e.g., sexual and gender minority). This study aimed to explore the mechanisms of discriminatory experiences, specifically how it interacted with stressors like internalized homophobia and protective factors such as resilience, to affect depressive symptoms among Chinese individuals with multiple minority identities. Between 2022-2023, 272 Chinese LGB individuals residing in the U.S. (Mean[age]=28.36; SD=5.01) was surveyed anonymously using the Everyday discrimination Scale, the Internalized Homophobia Scale, the Conner-Davidson Resilience scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Moderation and mediation analyses were conducted using STATA 17 and JASP 0.18.3. Replicating the positive association between discriminatory experience and depressive symptoms, we found that discrimination explained depressive symptoms directly and through increasing internalized homophobia. As a protective factor, resilience moderated the internalized homophobia-depressive symptoms link, but not the discrimination-depressive symptoms link. For Chinese LGB individuals with higher levels of resilience, the positive impact of internalized homophobia on depressive symptoms was weaker compared to those with lower resilience. Our findings further the understanding of the mediating and moderating mechanisms between discriminatory experiences and depressive symptoms among individuals with multiple minority identities. Continued research and intervention development on promoting resilience and other protective factors tailored to Chinese LGB individuals in the U.S. are crucial for improving mental health.

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Anti-Asian Attitudes in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: an Exploratory Study

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Stigmatising and Racialising COVID-19: Asian People’s Experience in New Zealand

Stigmatising and Racialising COVID-19: Asian People’s Experience in New Zealand

Discriminatory experiences and depression among Chinese lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the United States: A moderated mediation modeling analysis

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