Psychological distress and everyday discrimination among Chinese international students one year into COVID-19: a preregistered comparative study.

Autor: Bi K; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China., Yeoh D; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Jiang Q; Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA., Wienk MNA; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Chen S; Department of Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Anxiety, stress, and coping [Anxiety Stress Coping] 2023 Nov; Vol. 36 (6), pp. 727-742. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 18.
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2022.2130268
Abstrakt: Background and Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese international students (CISs) experienced distress associated with both unique and universal stressors, among which everyday discrimination may be especially harmful.
Design: Cross-sectional design.
Methods: We compared distress between CISs ( N  = 381) and Chinese students in Chinese colleges (CSCCs; N  = 305) and examined correlates of distress including the association between everyday discrimination and distress as well as moderators on this link.
Results: Compared to CSCCs, CISs reported greater depression and anxiety. Sensitivity analyses - multiple regressions controlling for covariates and coarsened exact matched (CEM) comparisons - replicated the results. 28.6% CISs reported suicidal ideation (PHQ-9 item 9) at least several days during the past two weeks. Within CISs, depression was associated with being older, female, non-heterosexual, increased everyday discrimination, decreased self-esteem, coping flexibility, perceived social support, and satisfaction with online learning. Anxiety was associated with being in undergraduate years, female, increased discrimination, decreased self-esteem, coping flexibility, and satisfaction with online learning. High perceived social support and being heterosexual weakened the association between discrimination and anxiety and depression, while high self-esteem strengthened the association between discrimination and anxiety.
Conclusions: Our study underscored the distress experienced by CISs and highlighted risk/protective factors that may warrant attention.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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