A Double-Edged Sword: Dual-Identity Centrality and the Health of Asian American Sexual Minority Individuals

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
HaeDong Kim ◽  
Samuel H. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Dual Identity ◽  
Identity Centrality

scholarly journals Negative Evaluations of National Ethics and Its Impact on Islamic Radicalism

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110410
Author(s):  
Unti Ludigdo ◽  
Ali Mashuri
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Latent Structure ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Negative Group ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Dual Identity ◽  
Equal Importance ◽  
Identity Centrality

This research set out to examine the role of negative evaluations of national ethics in escalating Islamic radicalism. To this end, we conducted three studies among samples of Muslims in Indonesia. In Study 1b involving 610 participants, we tested in an explorative way the latent structure or the number of dimensions of negative evaluations of national ethics reflecting the perceived immorality, illegitimacy, and inefficiency of national ethics based on participants’ religious beliefs. We confirmed the number of dimensions of the negative evaluations of national ethics in Study 2 ( N = 214), which also showed as expected how they augmented feelings of in-group superiority and tendencies to justify violence. These radical beliefs ultimately evoked intentions to carry out unlawful collective actions and offensive Jihad, negative intergroup attitudes such as out-group blame and negative group-based emotions such as anger. We also observed in Study 2 how the acknowledgment or awareness that Islam and the nation are of equal importance to the Indonesian context, which we referred to as dual identity centrality, explained fewer negative evaluations of national ethics. In Study 3, we recruited 583 participants through an online experiment devised as an intervention that proved significant for the enhancement of dual identity centrality. Designed as an extension of Study 2 in which radical beliefs were complemented with radical thoughts such as dogmatic intolerance, Study 3 also demonstrated that each of those radical tendencies significantly contributed to negative group-based attitudes and emotions, as well as motivations to engage in violent actions. What can be derived from these empirical findings is that dual identity centrality holds potential for reducing the negative evaluations of national ethics, which in turn may overcome Islamic radicalism along with its detrimental intergroup consequences.

scholarly journals Exploring the Risk and Protective Factors for the Mental Health of Sexual Minority Asian Americans

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 624-624
Author(s):  
Jason Flatt ◽  
Rachel Whitmer ◽  
Paola Gilsanz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Environment And Health

Abstract This study characterizes the mental health of Asian American older adults (aged 60+) who identify as sexual minorities (SM or lesbian, gay, bisexual) and compare to their non-Asian American and non-SM counterparts. Data were from the Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health (Aged 60+; N=185,478), a representative sample of healthcare members from Northern California. It includes SM (N=447) and heterosexual/non-SM (N=15,772) older adults who identify as Asian American (Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and South Asian) and non-Asian American SM (N=3,890). Rates of dementia, anxiety, and PTSD were similar for both SM and non-SM Asian Americans. However, older lesbian and gay Asian Americans were more likely to have a depression diagnosis (30% vs. 18%, p=0.002) compared to non-SM. Overall, mental health outcomes were lower for Asian American SM compared to non-Asian American SM. We discuss need for understanding protective factors for mental health and implications for future interventions.

Minority Stress and Psychological Distress Among Asian American Sexual Minority Persons 1Ψ7

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 848-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Szymanski ◽  
Mi Ra Sung
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Relationship Problems ◽  
Internalized Heterosexism ◽  
Communities Of Color ◽  
Multiple Minority

The purpose of this study was to examine multiple minority stressors (i.e., heterosexist events, racist events, heterosexism in communities of color, racism in sexual minority communities, race-related dating and relationship problems, internalized heterosexism or homophobia, outness to family, and outness to world) as they relate to the psychological distress of 144 Asian American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) persons. When examined concomitantly, these minority stress variables accounted for approximately one third of the variance in psychological distress scores. Results indicate that heterosexism in communities of color, race-related dating and relationship problems in the LGBTQ community, internalized heterosexism, and outness to world were the only significant and unique predictors of Asian American LGBTQ persons’ psychological distress. In addition, no support was found for the moderating or mediating roles of outness in the internalized heterosexism-distress link.

Predictors of Disclosing Sexual Orientation to Parents, Classmates, and School Adults among Latinx Sexual Minority High School and College Youth

2021 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2110214
Author(s):  
Zhenqiang Zhao ◽  
Russell B. Toomey ◽  
Karla Anhalt
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Romantic Attraction ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
Identity Centrality ◽  
Sexual Orientation Disclosure

The current study examined predictors associated with the degree of sexual orientation disclosure across social contexts (parents, classmates, and school adults) and educational context (high school and college) among Latinx sexual minority youth (SMY; N = 238). Results revealed that perceptions of more supportive social attitudes to sexual minority communities were associated with higher levels of sexual orientation disclosure across social contexts, including parents, classmates, and school adults. Compared to monosexual Latinx SMY, plurisexual Latinx SMY reported lower levels of sexual orientation disclosure to parents and school adults but not to classmates. Sexual orientation identity centrality was only associated with sexual orientation disclosure to parents but not to classmates or school adults. Degree of romantic attraction to the same gender was not associated with sexual orientation disclosure. Findings provide preliminary support for critical nuances in sexual orientation disclosure across social and educational contexts among Latinx SMY.

scholarly journals Research/Advocacy/Community: Reflections on Asian American trauma, heteropatriarchal betrayal, and trans/gender-variant health disparities research

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Hwahng
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Gender Variant

This article first examines the author’s positionality with reference to the historical and inter-generational transmission of Asian trauma, the contemporary plight of North Koreans, and the betrayal of anatomically-female individuals (including those who are sexual minority/gender-variant) within Asian heteropatriarchal systems. An analysis of the relevance of empirical research on low-income trans/gender-variant people of color is then discussed, along with an examination of HIV and health disparities in relation to the socio-economic positioning of low-income trans/gender-variant people of color and sexual minority women, and how social contexts often gives rise to gender identity, including transmasculine identities. What next follows is an appeal to feminist and queer/trans studies to truly integrate those located on the lowest socio-economic echelons. The final section interrogates concepts of health, well-being, and happiness and how an incorporation of the most highly disenfranchised/marginalized communities and populations challenges us to consider more expansive visions of social transformation.

Racism and Sociopolitical Engagement Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Racial/Ethnic Minority Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel A. VanDaalen ◽  
Carlos E. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Perceived Racism ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Perceptions Of Racism ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Experiences of discrimination due to one’s racial; ethnic; or lesbian gay, or bisexual (LGB) status have been associated with higher levels of sociopolitical involvement in racial, ethnic, and sexual minority communities. In this study, we examined (a) the associations between perceived racism in the LGB community, sociopolitical involvement in LGB racial or ethnic minority communities, and outness; and (b) whether the association between perceived racism and sociopolitical involvement in the LGB community is moderated by outness among LGB racial or ethnic minority adults. The study draws on a sample that is diverse with respect to age, gender, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity. Results revealed that Asian American participants perceived higher levels of racism in the LGB community than Latina/o participants. Perceptions of racism in the LGB community predicted sociopolitical involvement in LGB communities. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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