MA Program in Clinical Psychology & Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, 40250, Israel.
Department of Economics and Management, Institute for Immigration and Social Integration, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, 40250, Israel.
Soc Sci Res. 2020 Sep;91:102462. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102462. Epub 2020 Aug 22.
This study investigated the impact of personal vs. institutional discrimination on the emotional well-being (EWB) of immigrant and ethnic minorities, and a possible protective mechanism of economic achievements that may buffer the negative effects of discrimination. Data were collected from the Israeli 2015 Social Survey. Immigrant minorities were those who came to Israel after 1980. Israeli Palestinians were regarded as an ethnic minority. The study showed that perceived unfairness and discrimination in public institutions, which were not necessarily directed towards individuals or their minority group, threatens EWB of minorities to an extent similar to that of personally experienced discrimination. Income moderated the effects of common and personal discrimination on EWB of immigrant and ethnic minorities, but not in the same way across the various groups. The study provides evidence that income may be a resilience factor, which buffers and compensates for the negative effect of discrimination on minorities' EWB.
本研究调查了个人与机构歧视对移民和少数族裔的情绪健康（EWB）的影响，以及经济成就可能作为一种保护机制，缓冲歧视的负面影响。数据来自于 2015 年以色列社会调查。移民少数群体是指 1980 年后移民到以色列的人。以色列巴勒斯坦人被视为少数民族。研究表明，公共机构中感受到的不公平和歧视——这些歧视不一定针对个人或他们的少数群体——对少数族裔的 EWB 构成了威胁，其程度与个人经历的歧视相似。收入调节了常见歧视和个人歧视对移民和少数族裔 EWB 的影响，但在不同群体中的作用方式并不相同。该研究提供了证据表明，收入可能是一种弹性因素，缓冲和补偿了歧视对少数族裔 EWB 的负面影响。
