Racism and Stress-Related Growth Among Asian Internationals: Ethnic Identity, Resilience, and Coping During COVID-19

Seungbin Oh; Stacey Diane Arañez Litam; Catharina Y Chang

doi:10.1007/s10447-022-09494-w

Racism and Stress-Related Growth Among Asian Internationals: Ethnic Identity, Resilience, and Coping During COVID-19

Int J Adv Couns. 2023;45(2):226-248. doi: 10.1007/s10447-022-09494-w. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Authors

Seungbin Oh¹, Stacey Diane Arañez Litam², Catharina Y Chang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Robinson Bldg. B-212, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
² Counseling, Educational Leadership, and Adult Learning Department, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH USA.
³ College of Education and Human Development, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA USA.

Abstract

Experiences of anti-Asian discrimination following COVID-19 has deleterious effects on the mental health of Asian internationals residing in the United States. In this study, hierarchical regression models and Hayes' PROCESS models were used to examine the main effect and moderating effect of ethnic identity, coping strategy, and resilience on stress-related growth among Asian international students and workers (N = 237) in the United States who experienced racism during the pandemic. The findings indicated coping strategies and resilience were significantly associated with stress-related growth. Ethnic identity and coping strategies additionally moderated the link between the experience of racism and stress-related growth.

Keywords: Asian international students and workers; COVID-19 racism; Coping; Ethnic identity; Resilience.

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