Woo Bongki, Jun Jungmi, Kim Joon Kyung
College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
School of Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Ethn Health. 2025 Apr;30(3):337-347. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2442311. Epub 2024 Dec 18.
Anti-Asian American racism has negatively impacted Asian Americans' mental health. This study investigated how colorblind racial ideology moderates the relationship between COVID-19 racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among Asian Americans.
Data come from an online survey conducted among 794 Asian Americans. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to test the effects of racial discrimination and colorblind racial attitude on depressive symptoms among Asian Americans, stratified by nativity (451 US-born, 343 foreign-born).
We found that US-born Asian Americans than foreign-born Asian Americans had higher odds of depressive symptoms, whereas the foreign-born displayed higher levels of colorblind racial attitude. The results of multivariable logistic regression tests indicate that colorblind racial attitude moderates the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among the US-born, but not among the foreign-born.
Instead of claiming that race no longer matters, more racially conscious socialization and education that promote the awareness of race and racism are warranted to promote mental health of Asian Americans.
反亚裔美国人的种族主义对亚裔美国人的心理健康产生了负面影响。本研究调查了色盲种族意识形态如何调节亚裔美国人中新冠病毒种族歧视与抑郁症状之间的关系。
数据来自对794名亚裔美国人进行的在线调查。进行了多变量逻辑回归分析，以测试种族歧视和色盲种族态度对亚裔美国人抑郁症状的影响，并按出生地（451名美国出生，343名外国出生）分层。
我们发现，美国出生的亚裔美国人比外国出生的亚裔美国人有更高的抑郁症状几率，而外国出生的人表现出更高水平的色盲种族态度。多变量逻辑回归测试结果表明，色盲种族态度调节了美国出生者中种族歧视与抑郁症状之间的关系，但在外国出生者中没有这种调节作用。
与其声称种族不再重要，不如开展更具种族意识的社会化和教育，以提高对种族和种族主义的认识，这对于促进亚裔美国人的心理健康是必要的。
