Dai J Doris, Levine Cynthia S
University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Soc Psychol Personal Sci. 2023 May;14(4):395-406. doi: 10.1177/19485506221106847. Epub 2022 Jul 20.
As COVID-19 spread in the United States, anti-East Asian bias increased. This article aimed to (1) show that thinking about COVID-19 heightened East Asian individuals' anxious expectations of discrimination and (2) explore these expectations' health correlates. Specifically, the paper focused on COVID-19-triggered race-based rejection sensitivity, defined as (1) East Asian individuals' expectations of rejection due to the stereotype that they spread the virus and (2) high levels of anxiety about this possibility. Study 1 ( = 412) showed that reminders of COVID-19 increased COVID-19-triggered race-based rejection sensitivity among Chinese citizens living in the United States and East Asian Americans, but not Americans of other races. Study 2 ( = 473) demonstrated that East Asian people who habitually focused on COVID-19 experienced greater COVID-19-triggered race-based rejection sensitivity and, in turn, greater sleep difficulties. Thus, societal-level shifts that target minoritized groups may increase minoritized group members' concerns about discrimination in ways that undermine their health.
随着新冠疫情在美国蔓延，反东亚偏见有所增加。本文旨在：（1）表明对新冠疫情的思考加剧了东亚个体对歧视的焦虑预期；（2）探究这些预期与健康的关联。具体而言，本文聚焦于新冠疫情引发的基于种族的拒绝敏感性，其定义为：（1）东亚个体因被刻板认为传播病毒而产生的被拒绝预期；（2）对这种可能性的高度焦虑。研究1（N = 412）表明，提及新冠疫情会增加居住在美国的中国公民和华裔美国人中新冠疫情引发的基于种族的拒绝敏感性，但对其他种族的美国人没有影响。研究2（N = 473）表明，习惯性关注新冠疫情的东亚人经历了更高的新冠疫情引发的基于种族的拒绝敏感性，进而睡眠困难也更多。因此，针对少数群体的社会层面变化可能会以损害其健康的方式增加少数群体成员对歧视的担忧。
