Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
School of Social Work, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Ethn Health. 2023 Jan;28(1):1-11. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2021.2022105. Epub 2021 Dec 31.
To examine associations among perceived racial discrimination, ethnic resources, and mental distress in older Korean Americans. Ethnic resources included ethnic identity (how closely individuals identify themselves with other members of the same ethnic background) and sense of community (individuals' feelings of belonging to their ethnic group). We examined the direct effect of perceived racial discrimination and these ethnic resources, as well as their interactions, hypothesizing that mental distress associated with perceived racial discrimination would be reduced by ethnic resources.
Using survey data from the Study of Older Korean Americans (= 2,150), linear regression models of mental distress were examined for direct and interactive roles of perceived racial discrimination and ethnic resources.
Mental distress was directly associated with perceived racial discrimination ( = 1.90, = .20, < .001), ethnic identity ( = -.41, = .13, < .01), and sense of community ( = -.45, = .12, < .001). Perceived racial discrimination interacted significantly with sense of community ( = -1.86, = .28, < .001). Subgroup analyses suggested that in the context of experiencing racial discrimination, a high sense of community can serve as a buffer against mental distress.
Ethnic resources are a benefit in coping with experiences of discrimination. The moderating role of sense of community suggests the value of fostering social capital in ethnic communities to protect and promote older immigrants' mental health.
探讨老年韩裔美国人感知到的种族歧视、族裔资源与心理困扰之间的关系。族裔资源包括族裔认同（个体与同一族裔背景的其他成员之间的认同程度）和社区归属感（个体对自己族群的归属感）。我们检验了感知到的种族歧视和这些族裔资源的直接影响，以及它们的相互作用，假设与感知到的种族歧视相关的心理困扰会因族裔资源而减轻。
使用《老年韩裔美国人研究》（n=2150）的调查数据，通过线性回归模型检验了感知到的种族歧视和族裔资源的直接和交互作用对心理困扰的影响。
心理困扰与感知到的种族歧视（β=1.90，p<.001）、族裔认同（β=-.41，p<.01）和社区归属感（β=-.45，p<.001）呈直接相关。感知到的种族歧视与社区归属感之间存在显著的交互作用（β=-1.86，p<.001）。亚组分析表明，在经历种族歧视的背景下，强烈的社区归属感可以作为减轻心理困扰的缓冲。
族裔资源是应对歧视经历的一种益处。社区归属感的调节作用表明，在族裔社区中培养社会资本以保护和促进老年移民心理健康的价值。
