Abstract
Objective
This study investigates the prevalence of COVID-19-related discrimination and the extent to which COVID-19-related discrimination is associated with mental health symptoms among Asians and Asian American (A/AA) young adults during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods
We used data from the COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study (CARES), a cross-sectional online survey conducted in the U.S. Out of 1,001 respondents, 211 A/AA young adults were analyzed for this study.
Results
Sixty-eight percent of A/AA young adults reported that they or their family have experienced COVID-19-related discrimination and approximately 15% of respondents reported verbal or physical assaults. After controlling for covariates including predisposing factors, lifetime discrimination, and pre-existing mental health diagnoses, COVID-19-related discrimination was significantly associated with an increased level of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but not of anxiety or depression. Our study results suggest that COVID-19-related discrimination may contribute to PTSD symptoms among A/AA young adults.
Limitations
This was cross-sectional data which was collected through online and self-report rather than clinical evaluation.
Conclusion
This finding adds greater urgency to develop and implement policy- and individual-level interventions to reduce race-based discrimination among A/AA.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, PTSD, young adults, discrimination, Asians, Asian Americans, 【초록키워드】 Anxiety, Depression, mental health, cross-sectional, COVID-19 pandemic, Intervention, Symptom, Prevalence, Adults, clinical evaluation, Factors, experience, Posttraumatic Stress, Asian, diagnoses, covariate, limitation, urgency, disorder, objective, physical, Result, greater, analyzed, develop, significantly, reported, conducted, was collected, contribute, reduce, used data, verbal, 【제목키워드】 Stress, Symptom, predict, Asian, disorder, Perceived,