TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - How discrimination experiences relate to racial/ethnic identity and mental health across first- and second-generation Vietnamese American adolescents
JO  - Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology
A1  - Yu, Stephanie H.
A1  - Saephan, Austin
A1  - Weiss, Bahr
A1  - Shih, Josephine H.
A1  - Tsai, William
A1  - Kim, Jacqueline H. J.
A1  - Lau, Anna S.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Racial/ethnic discrimination has been linked to behavioral and emotional problems in youth from marginalized groups. However, the psychological experience associated with discrimination may differ between immigrant and nonimmigrant youth. Race-based discrimination may impact an adolescent's view of their own group (private regard) and/or their sense of how others view their group (public regard). Owing to differences in racialization, immigrant adolescents may be affected differently by experiences of discrimination than their U.S.-born peers. The present study examined whether nativity moderated the paths from racial/ethnic discrimination to private and public regard to mental health problems among Vietnamese American youth. <br><br>METHOD: Surveys were completed by 718 Vietnamese American 10th and 11th graders (M(age) = 15.54 years, 61.4% female, 38.6% male). In this sample, 21.2% were first-generation (i.e., born outside of the United States) and 78.8% were second-generation (i.e., born in the United States with at least one parent born outside of the United States). <br><br>RESULTS: Multigroup path analysis tested the direct and indirect effects of racial/ethnic discrimination on behavioral and emotional problems via private and public regard and whether associations differed for first- versus second-generation youth. Racial/ethnic discrimination was associated with lower public regard, but not private regard, for both first- and second-generation Vietnamese American youth. Public regard was negatively associated with behavioral and emotional problems only among second-generation youth. No indirect effects were significant. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest differences in racialized experiences, as well as opportunities to support second-generation Vietnamese American and other marginalized youth from immigrant families from the mental health impacts of discrimination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1099-9809
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000565
ID  - ref1
ER  -