The association of perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few studies have investigated ethnic differences in discrimination and depressive symptoms, and the link between them among foreign-born Asian Americans. This study identifies if depressive symptoms and perceived discrimination differ by Asian ethnicity, and if perceived discrimination is associated with depressive symptoms among foreign-born Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans.

Methods

This study uses data from the Asian American Liver Cancer Prevention Program (N = 600). Using nonprobability sampling, foreign-born Asian American adults (58% female, M_age = 47.3 years, SD = 11.82) were recruited from the community in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Perceived discrimination was defined using everyday and major discrimination scales; the

SUBMITTER: Chau V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6023736 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature