亚洲人和亚裔美国人利用社交媒体应对歧视:对幸福感影响的混合方法研究
Chia-Chen Yang1, Jiun-Yi Tsai2
1School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, USA.
Heliyon
|June 19, 2023
概括
亚洲人和亚裔美国人使用社交媒体来应对歧视. 通过社会支持,发送信息,发布信息和阅读等不同活动会影响福祉和基于种族的创伤性压力 (RBTS).
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 沟通研究 沟通研究
背景情况:
- 社交媒体提供了潜在的应对机制,但亚洲人和亚裔美国人对其应对歧视的使用仍未得到充分研究.
- 在这个人口群体中,社交媒体应对的心理情绪健康影响尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 检查亚裔和亚裔美国人如何利用社交媒体应对歧视.
- 调查社交媒体应对策略与这一群体的精神情绪健康之间的关联.
- 探索社交媒体使用多维模型在理解这些现象中的作用.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,结合了匿名在线调查 (N=931) 和焦点小组采访 (N=23).
- 参与者是美国的亚洲人和亚裔美国人,年龄在18-93岁之间.
- 调查评估了社交媒体应对活动,基于种族的创伤性压力 (RBTS),积极的情绪和社会支持.
主要成果:
- 消息与增加RBTS有关,通过社交支持对情绪产生微弱的间接积极影响.
- 发布和评论间接减少了RBTS,并通过社会支持增加了积极的情绪.
- 阅读和浏览显示了与增加RBTS和积极情绪的直接关联,以及通过社会支持对情绪的间接积极影响.
结论:
- 亚洲人和亚裔美国人的社交媒体应对活动与幸福感和RBTS有着不同的关联.
- 具体的活动 (消息传递,发布/评论,阅读/浏览) 不同地影响结果.
- 社会支持在调解社交媒体应对和心理情绪健康之间的关系方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
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