Racial Discrimination and Interpersonal Violence in Asian American Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Personal Author:
  Baumler E ; Guillot-Wright SP ; Le VD ; Lu Y ; Temple JR ; Wood L
• Description:
  Purpose: Racial discrimination targeting Asians in the United States 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 (1-year follow-up) associations between racial discrimination and interpersonal violence perpetration and victimization in Asian American adolescents in a large US city. Methods: 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; Mean age = 14.6 years at Wave 3). Results: 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 nonvictimized 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 1 year later. Discussion: 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. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Bullying
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Occupational Health
  • Race Factors
  • Safety
  • Violence
• Keywords:
  • Violence
  • Adolescents
  • Discrimination
  • COVID-19
  • Racial factors
  • Longitudinal study
  • Bullying
  • Author Keywords: Asian American adolescents
  • Racial discrimination
  • Interpersonal violence
• ISSN:
  1054-139X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  246-251
• Volume:
  74
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069692
• Citation:
  J Adolesc Health 2024 Feb; 74(2):246-251
• Contact Point Address:
  Yu Lu, Ph.D., Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, 1401 Asp Ave, Norman, OK 73019
• Email:
  Yu.Lu@ou.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Adolescent Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208069/cdc_208069_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 359.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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