71.7% of Asian Americans who have experienced racism felt more stress over the anti-Asian hate than the pandemic, research shows. - NBCAsianAmerica
June 4, 2021, 12:40 AM UTCNew research sheds light on the mental toll that heightened anti-Asian racism during the coronavirus pandemic has had on the community and how reporting can help., released by Stop AAPI Hate, Brigham and Women's Hospital of Boston and the Asian American Psychological Association, found that 71.7 percent of Asian Americans who have experienced racism felt more stress over the anti-Asian hate than the pandemic.
Researchers examined three studies that investigated the effects of anti-Asian racism on mental health. One, in which Stop AAPI Hate surveyed respondents who had experienced racism, found that 1 in 5 Asian Americans who have experienced racism during the pandemic displayed at least three signs of racial trauma, among them depression, intrusive thoughts, anger, hypervigilance, decreased self-esteem and numbing.
According to the COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study, another survey in the new report, 1 in 4 young Asian and Asian American adults reported having been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, during the pandemic. It also found that even after accounting for pre-existing mental health diagnoses, those who experienced Covid-19-related discrimination were three times as likely to report symptoms of PTSD than those who didn't report discrimination.
"There's such an acceptance that 'we're going to be treated this way anyway, so get over it — instead of being bitter, be better,'" Ng said."It's always a concept of 'we've already accepted that this is our fate, that we don't have it any better. We are not equals.'"
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