Day-to-day discrimination and health among Asian Indians: a population-based study of Gujarati men and women in Metropolitan Detroit
| Autor: | Mieko Yoshihama, Juliane Blazevski, Deborah Bybee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Gerontology
Adult Male Michigan Adolescent Health Status Emotions Ethnic group Emigrants and Immigrants India Structural equation modeling Young Adult Sex Factors Gujarati Medicine Humans General Psychology Self-rated health business.industry Asian Indian Middle Aged Metropolitan area language.human_language Population based study Psychiatry and Mental health Health psychology language Female business Prejudice |
| Zdroj: | Journal of behavioral medicine. 35(5) |
| ISSN: | 1573-3521 |
| Popis: | This study examined the relationship between experiences of day-to-day discrimination and two measures of health among Gujaratis, one of the largest ethnic groups of Asian Indians in the U.S. Data were collected via computer-assisted telephone interviews with a random sample of Gujarati men and women aged 18–64 in Metropolitan Detroit (N = 423). Using structural equation modeling, we tested two gender-moderated models of the relationship between day-to-day discrimination and health, one using the single-item general health status and the other using the 4-item emotional wellbeing measure. For both women and men, controlling for socio-demographic and other relevant characteristics, the experience of day-to-day discrimination was associated with worse emotional wellbeing. However, day-to-day discrimination was associated with the single-item self-rated general health status only for men. This study identified not only gender differences in discrimination-health associations but also the importance of using multiple questions in assessing perceived health status. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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