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

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• Personal Author:
  Baumler E ; Guillot-Wright SP ; Lu Y ; Temple JR ; Wood L
• Description:
  Background: Racial discrimination targeting Asians in the U.S. has sharply increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its well-established link with psychological/physical health outcomes, little is known about how racial discrimination relates to interpersonal violence, particularly in adolescents. Objective: This study examined cross-sectional and temporal associations between racial discrimination and interpersonal violence (i.e., bullying victimization, bullying perpetration, and fighting). Methods: Waves 3 (W3, 2020) and 4 (W4, 2021) data of a randomized clinical trial of a school-based violence prevention program were examined. This study used the Asian adolescent subsample (n = 344), including 166 (48.3%) females with an average age of 14.43 years in W3 (SD = .51). Results: At W3, 18.3% of Asian adolescents reported experiencing verbal harassment (VH) due to their race and 16.0% reported being treated worse than people of another race. Multilevel multivariate logistic regression analysis found both VH (AOR=4.65, 95% CI:1.85,11.65) and worse treatment (AOR=4.86, 95% CI:1.62,14.55) were cross-sectionally associated with higher likelihood of being bullied by peers, controlling for age, gender, living situation, and intervention effects. Furthermore, VH experiences increased the likelihood of Asian adolescents bullying others (AOR=3.49, 95%CI:1.86,6.55) cross-sectionally. Temporarily, adolescents who experienced VH were more likely to engage in fighting (AOR=4.79, 95%CI:1.21,18.96) one year later, even after controlling for demographic characteristics and prior year fighting behaviors. No significant cross-sectional association was identified for fighting nor temporal association for bullying. Conclusions: Findings suggest racial discrimination experiences can contribute to interpersonal violence. It is vital for violence prevention to include components to address racial discrimination. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Bullying Communicable Diseases Occupational Health Safety Violence
• Keywords:
  Adolescents COVID-19 Cross Sectional Studies Discrimination
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069960
• Citation:
  150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity. APHA 150th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 6-9, 2022, Boston, Massachusetts and virtual event. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2022 Nov; :518018
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20210901
• Source Full Name:
  150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity. APHA 150th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 6-9, 2022, Boston, Massachusetts and virtual event
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:36b3426a9fd46077697414a882324937489b22560ecc3d86c491f5a4bfed27a923b62df2ad6438c047aba87b3433542b8b54343a0b4ea88e977030a4f7998ad8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208277/cdc_208277_DS1.pdf
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