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Resilience Amid Racialized Emasculation: the Role of Religion for US Asian Men.
1Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA. Fanhao_Nie@uml.edu.
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
|January 4, 2026
Summary
Racialized emasculation negatively impacts resilience in US Asian men. Negative religious coping further diminishes resilience, especially when combined with perceived racialized emasculation.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Public Health
Background:
- Racialized emasculation, a form of gendered racism, is linked to poor health in US Asian men.
- The relationship between racialized emasculation and resilience remains understudied.
- The role of religion in coping with racialized emasculation among US Asian men lacks research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between racialized emasculation and resilience in US Asian men.
- To examine the role of religion, including negative religious coping, in this relationship.
- To explore potential interactions between religious identity, coping, and racialized emasculation.
Main Methods:
- Survey of 469 US Asian men across the United States.
- Regression analyses controlling for sociodemographic variables, general racism, and internalized racism.
- Examination of religious coping strategies and religious identity.
Main Results:
- Perceived racialized emasculation was significantly associated with lower resilience, even after controlling for other factors.
- Negative religious coping was inversely related to resilience.
- Potential interactions between religious identity, negative religious coping, and racialized emasculation on resilience were suggested.
Conclusions:
- Racialized emasculation poses a threat to resilience among US Asian men.
- Negative religious coping may exacerbate the negative impact of racialized emasculation on resilience.
- Further research is needed to understand the complex interplay of race, gender, religion, and resilience in this population.
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