NIH R01 · 2025
Racial discrimination, Intergenerational Cultural Conflict and Asian American Mental Health
PROJECT SUMMARY: The high rates and upward trend of mental health (MH) problems among young Asian Americans (AAs) are disturbing. Despite mounting evidence of MH crisis, AAs are severely understudied, exacerbating health disparities. Spikes in sociopolitical tensions and racial hostility in recent years may explain the upsurge of the problems. Young AAs are under great acculturative as well as minority stress, including being the frequent victims of hate crimes, experiencing harmful objectification by the majority and other minority groups, and having their American identities questioned. This stressful environment has been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has provoked an…
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