Differences in the Epidemiology of Suicide in Asian Americans by Nation of Origin

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Japanese Americans ◽  
Filipino Americans ◽  
Suicide Rates

Epidemiological patterns of suicide for Chinese, Japanese and Filipino Americans in 1980 were compared to those for whites, African Americans and Native Americans. The suicide rates of Asian Americans were quite low and in the same rank order as the suicide rates in their home nations. The suicide rates for female Asian Americans were much closer to those of male Asian Americans than was the case for other ethnic groups. Asian Americans used firearms less often for suicide as compared to other ethnic groups. However, epidemiological differences were observed between suicide in Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese Americans. In general, the epidemiology of suicide for Asian Americans showed similarities to the results of epidemiological studies of Asians in their home nations. This suggests that the epidemiological findings have validity, and also that cultural factors have an important influence on the circumstances of suicide.

scholarly journals Ethnic Differences in Breast Cancer Survival: Status and Determinants

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gertraud Maskarinec ◽  
Cherisse Sen ◽  
Karin Koga ◽  
Shannon M Conroy
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Cancer Survival ◽  
Breast Cancer Survival ◽  
Native Hawaiians ◽  
Tumor Type ◽  
American Women

Ethnic differences in breast cancer survival have been a long-standing concern. The objective of this article is to present relevant studies for all major US racial/ethnic groups including African–Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Japanese–Americans and Native Hawaiians, and to discuss underlying causes of disparity, In comparison to Caucasian women, African–American women continue to experience the poorest breast cancer–specific survival of all ethnic groups in the USA. The prognosis for Latinos, Native Hawaiians and Native Americans is intermediate, better than for African–Americans but not as good as for Caucasians, whereas Japanese–American women tend to have better outcomes. The following possible contributors to the observed differences are discussed in detail: unfavorable distribution of stage at diagnosis due to low screening rates, limited access to care and treatment, tumor type, comorbidities, socioeconomic status, obesity and physical activity.

Suicide among Asian Americans and Social Deviancy

1992 ◽  
Vol 75 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1134-1134 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Suicide Rates

As with African-Americans, the suicide rates of Chinese-Americans were lower in states where there were many Chinese. Suicide rates of Japanese and Filipinos did not fit this pattern.

scholarly journals Ethnic Differences in Perceptions of Mental Illness: Examining Intergroup Relations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Sara Aringer ◽  
Jimmy Calanchini
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Racial Ethnic

People with mental illness are often stereotyped as dangerous, unstable, or unreliable, and these stereotypes perpetuate prejudice against those who are already vulnerable. However, many of these stereotypes are Eurocentric due to a lack of diversity within psychology. The present, preregistered research investigates whether depictions of mental illness are idiosyncratic to various racial/ethnic groups, or if these perceptions generalize across groups. Participants reported their endorsement of a series of mental illness descriptions (e.g., “This person spontaneously explodes in outbursts of anger”) as they apply to African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latinxs, Caucasians, as well as to individuals with unspecified race/ethnicity. Exploratory factor analyses of these descriptions revealed three factors that describe mentally ill people -- ashamed, self-destructive, irresponsible -- and participants’ perceptions of mental illness on these three factors varied by racial/ethnic groups. Participants rated Asian Americans as more ashamed, but less self-destructive and irresponsible than other racial/ethnic groups. Conversely, participants rated Caucasians as less ashamed, but more self-destructive and irresponsible than other racial/ethnic groups. Perceptions of mental illness did not differ between Hispanic/Latinxs and African Americans. Additional analyses indicate that, compared to Caucasian participants, non-Caucasian participants rated mentally ill members of their ingroup as more ashamed but less self-destructive and irresponsible. This research indicates that participants from different racial/ethnic groups vary in the extent to which they ascribe different facets of mental illness to their ingroup versus outgroups. Implications for Eurocentric versus more diverse perceptions of mental illness are discussed.

Children Are Hiding in Plain Sight in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Rouleau
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Young People ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Age Of Majority

All kinds of peoples, previously marginalized in favor of the actions and thoughts of elite policy makers, now fill foreign relations histories. African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, women, workers, and many others have been shown to be indispensable—if informal—diplomatic assets. And yet, diverse as this cast of characters has become, notice one thing they share in common: their adulthood. It is as if human experience with foreign affairs only begins with the age of majority. What might be gained once we appreciate the influence of young people, as both audience and agent, in the long history of America's entanglement with the wider world?

Forgiveness: An Interview

PMLA ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Kristeva ◽  
Alison Rice
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Julia Kristeva ◽  
Japanese Americans ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Aboriginal Children

This interview with julia kristeva, conducted on 25 april 2000, focuses on forgiveness, a topic that is receiving considerable attention worldwide. Numerous nations around the globe have recently extended apologies to specific groups of people, including South Africa, to victims of apartheid; Britain, to the Maori people; Australia, to stolen aboriginal children; the United States, to Native Americans, Japanese Americans, and African Americans; and Germany, to victims of the Holocaust. This remarkable international proliferation of requests for forgiveness for wrongdoing and of attempts to make amends has not escaped the attention of prominent literary critics and philosophers.

scholarly journals Increased Self-Reported Discrimination and Concern for Physical Assault Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, and Filipino Americans

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sierra K. Ha ◽  
Ann T Nguyen ◽  
Chloe Sales ◽  
Rachel S. Chang ◽  
Hillary Ta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Filipino Americans ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Objectives. To investigate self-reported discrimination and concern for physical assault due to the COVID-19 pandemic among disaggregated Asian subgroups in the US. Methods. We conducted a nationwide survey to assess self-reported discrimination and concern for physical assault due to COVID-19 across racial/ethnic groups, including diverse subgroups of Asians. Results. Chinese respondents experienced the largest change (15% increase) in proportion of respondents reporting discrimination from 2019 to 2020 (P<.01). Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Other API showed up to 3.9 times increased odds of self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination due to COVID-19 and, with the addition of Filipino, experienced up to 5.4 times increased odds of concern for physical assault due to COVID-19 compared to Whites. Conclusions. Our study is the first to examine self-reported discrimination and concern for physical assault due to COVID-19 in subgroups of Asian Americans, finding that East (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) and Southeast (Vietnamese, Filipino) Asian Americans have been disproportionately affected. Future studies should disaggregate Asian subgroups to fully understand experiences of discrimination in diverse populations in the US.

Religion, Modernity, and Assimilation in America

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira K. Mehta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious History ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Current Configuration ◽  
European Immigrants

Given that modernity, in its current configuration, owes much of its formulation to Protestant models of individualism and governance; and given that in the United States, religious minorities find themselves assimilating to Protestant religious norms and to a secular state that is similarly shaped by Protestant world views, it is often difficult to distinguish between “assimilating to the United States” and “wrestling with modernity.” Often, religious groups are doing both, but which they perceive themselves to be doing shapes their perceptions of the experience. Religious assimilation is closely tied to whiteness and therefore was more available to European immigrants who were Catholic or Jewish than to Native Americans, African Americans, or Asian Americans, regardless of religion. That said, an examination of the concept of assimilation demonstrates that definitions or ideals of assimilation have varied throughout U.S. religious history.

scholarly journals Jack G. Shaheen 1935–2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-174
Author(s):  
John Kuo Wei Tchen
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
American Media

Pioneering author and media critic, Dr. Jack Shaheen devoted his life to identifying and contesting damaging stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims in American media and pop culture. Arabs and Muslims were offered up as cartoon caricatures—dagger wielding, evil, ridiculous, hypersexualized, inhumane and incompetent “others.” Dr. Shaheen quickly recognized their shared genealogy to the portrayals of other racialized groups including Jews, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and African Americans. Always in the spirit of engaged dialogue, he was outspoken in defense of any group that was wrongfully stereotyped and vilified.

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