Journal
JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 318-331Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.2307/1519782
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- NIAAA NIH HHS [NIAAA 098633] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [NIMH 43331] Funding Source: Medline
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Using data (N = 2,109) from a large-scale epidemiological study of Filipino Americans, this study examines whether ethnic identity is linked to mental health and reduces the stress of discrimination. The strength of identification with an ethnic group is found to be directly associated with fewer depressive symptoms. In other words, having a sense of ethnic pride, involvement in ethnic practices, and cultural commitment to one racial/ethnic group may protect mental health. Self-reports of racial/ethnic discrimination over a lifetime and everyday discrimination in the past month not due to race/ethnicity are associated with increased levels of depressive symptoms. Yet ethnic identity buffers the stress of racial/ethnic discrimination. This suggests that ethnic identity is a coping resource for racial/ethnic minorities that should not be overlooked. The strong link between ethnic identity and better mental health has implications for social-psychological theories on race/ethnicity and assimilation in the United States.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available