OBJECTIVE Perceived racial discrimination has been associated with elevated anxiety symptoms. Less is known about the mental health implications of another race-related stressor, model minority stereotyping, which is a salient experience for Chinese-heritage youth. In addition, despite theoretical considerations and indirect empirical evidence suggesting that greater autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactivity may index sensitivity to race-related stressors, ANS reactivity has not been examined as a moderator of links between race-related stressors and mental health. The present study investigated cross-sectional associations between self-reports of two salient race-related stressors (perceived discrimination and model minority stereotyping) and anxiety symptoms in Chinese-heritage youth, as well as whether ANS reactivity moderates these relationships. METHOD Chinese-heritage U.S. college students (N = 198, 55.6% female, 18-25 years, Mage = 20.0 years) self-reported experiences with race-related stressors. ANS reactivity (respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA] and pre-ejection period [PEP]) to a video depicting discrimination was collected on a subsample of participants (N = 103). RESULTS Although both race-related stressors were positively correlated with anxiety symptoms, only perceived discrimination was uniquely associated with anxiety symptoms. Further, RSA (but not PEP) reactivity moderated the relationship between perceived discrimination and anxiety symptoms, such that associations were stronger for participants with greater RSA withdrawal. CONCLUSIONS Our results replicate findings on the discrimination-anxiety link in Chinese-heritage college students, and show that model minority stereotyping is correlated with greater anxiety symptoms. Findings suggest that individuals with heightened RSA reactivity may be especially vulnerable to the adverse effect of discrimination. These findings have implications for mental health services for Chinese-heritage U.S. college students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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华裔大学生的歧视感知、模范少数民族刻板印象和焦虑症状。


目的 感知到的种族歧视与焦虑症状加剧有关。人们对另一种与种族相关的压力源——模范少数民族刻板印象——对心理健康的影响知之甚少，这对华裔年轻人来说是一个显着的经历。此外，尽管理论考虑和间接经验证据表明，较高的自主神经系统（ANS）反应性可能表明对种族相关压力源的敏感性，但 ANS 反应性尚未被检验为种族相关压力源与心理健康之间联系的调节因素。本研究调查了华裔青少年中两种与种族相关的显着压力源（感知到的歧视和模范少数族裔刻板印象）的自我报告与焦虑症状之间的横断面关联，以及 ANS 反应性是否调节了这些关系。方法 美国华裔大学生（N = 198，55.6% 女性，18-25 岁，Mage = 20.0 岁）自我报告与种族相关的压力源的经历。在参与者子样本 (N = 103) 中收集了对描述歧视的视频的 ANS 反应性（呼吸性窦性心律失常 [RSA] 和射血前期 [PEP]）。结果虽然两种与种族相关的压力源都与焦虑症状呈正相关，但只有感知到的歧视与焦虑症状唯一相关。此外，RSA（但不是 PEP）反应性调节了感知歧视与焦虑症状之间的关系，因此对于 RSA 戒断程度较高的参与者，这种关联更为强烈。结论 我们的结果重复了关于华裔大学生歧视与焦虑之间联系的研究结果，并表明模范少数族裔刻板印象与更大的焦虑症状相关。 研究结果表明，RSA 反应性较高的个人可能特别容易受到歧视的不利影响。这些发现对美国华裔大学生的心理健康服务具有重要意义。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。