Coronavirus stigmatization and psychological distress among Asians in the United States

Article by Stephen Pan, Gordon Shen, Chuncheng Liu and Jenny Hsi. Ethnicity & Health. December 12, 2020.

Article by Stephen Pan, Gordon Shen, Chuncheng Liu and Jenny Hsi. Ethnicity & Health.

December 12, 2020.

Coronavirus stigmatization may be disproportionately impacting ethnoracial minority groups in the US. We test three hypotheses: [H1] Asians in the US are more likely to report experiencing coronavirus stigmatization than non-Hispanic Whites; [H2] Coronavirus stigmatization is associated with psychological distress; [H3] Magnitude of association between coronavirus stigmatization and psychological distress is more pronounced among US-born Asians, compared to non-Hispanic Whites.

Comprehensive measures around care seeking, public awareness, and disaggregated data collection are needed to address ethnoracial coronavirus stigmatization and its impact on psychological health and well-being.

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