Department of Public Relations, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida.
Department of Communication and Media, University of Michigan.
Health Commun. 2023 Jun;38(7):1281-1292. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2021.2004677. Epub 2021 Dec 2.
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked hostility against Chinese immigrants and sojourners in the U.S. and other countries. Making the situation worse, strong resentment against this group has also emerged in China due to the fear of returnees spreading the disease. Integrating research on acculturation and hostile media perception, we examined how such bilateral hostility along with different acculturation components (i.e., cultural identification, COVID-19-related media use, and individualistic-collectivistic value) influenced U.S.-dwelling Chinese's psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the results from a two-wave survey assessing the cultural identity and value, COVID-19-related media use, and psychological distress of a group of relatively young and highly educated U.S.-dwelling Chinese ( = 1,256) between March and April 2020, we found that identification with both U.S. and Chinese cultures alleviated immigrants and sojourners' psychological distress. Further, COVID-19-related media use served as a stressor during the pandemic, and perceived hostility from China led to stronger psychological distress among U.S.-dwelling Chinese.
新冠疫情大流行引发了美国和其他国家对中国移民和旅居者的敌意。更糟糕的是，由于担心归国者传播疾病，中国国内也出现了强烈的反对此类群体的情绪。本研究综合了文化适应和敌对媒体认知的研究，考察了这种双向敌意以及不同的文化适应成分（即文化认同、与新冠疫情相关的媒体使用以及个体主义-集体主义价值观）如何影响新冠疫情期间居住在美国的中国人的心理健康。我们对一组相对年轻且受过高等教育的居住在美国的中国人（n=1,256）在 2020 年 3 月至 4 月间进行了两次调查，评估他们的文化认同和价值观、与新冠疫情相关的媒体使用以及心理困扰，基于这些结果，我们发现对中美文化的认同都减轻了移民和旅居者的心理困扰。此外，新冠疫情相关的媒体使用在疫情期间成为了一种压力源，而来自中国的敌对感知则导致居住在美国的中国人心理困扰更严重。
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