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Racial Discrimination and Interpersonal Violence in Asian American Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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2 2024
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Source: J Adolesc Health. 74(2):246-251
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Alternative Title:J Adolesc Health
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Description:Objectives:
Racial discrimination targeting Asians in the U.S. has increased sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite a well-established link with mental/physical health outcomes, little is known about how racial discrimination relates to interpersonal violence, particularly in adolescents. To address this gap in knowledge, we examined cross-sectional and longitudinal (one year follow-up) associations between racial discrimination and interpersonal violence perpetration and victimization in Asian American adolescents in a large U.S. city.
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Data from Waves 3 (2020) and 4 (2021) of a randomized clinical trial of a school-based violence prevention program were examined. We limited our sample to participants who identified as Asian American (n = 344; 48.3% female; Meanage = 14.6 years at Wave 3).
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At Wave 3, 26.5% of the adolescents reported experiencing some form of racial discrimination, including 18.3% experiencing verbal harassment due to race and 16.0% reporting inequitable treatment due to race. Relative to their non-victimized counterparts, adolescents who experienced racial discrimination were more likely to report being a victim of bullying and teen dating violence cross-sectionally and being a bullying victim longitudinally. Moreover, those who experienced racial discrimination reported more bullying and teen dating violence perpetration concurrently, as well as more dating violence perpetration one year later.
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In the understudied population of Asian American adolescents, we found that experiencing racial discrimination contributes to both interpersonal violence victimization and perpetration. Youth violence prevention could include strategies addressing racial discrimination.
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Pubmed ID:37978955
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC10843767
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Volume:74
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Issue:2
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