在线种族歧视和大学生心理健康:作为主持人的社会支持
1Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland, College Park, 3112E Benjamin Building, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
|April 9, 2025
概括
在线种族歧视 (ORD) 对有色人种的大学生产生了负面影响,增加了抑郁和焦虑. 社会支持可以缓解这些影响,强调需要有针对性的干预措施来解决高等教育中的在线种族主义问题.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 大学生面临种族主义和歧视,影响心理健康.
- 随着COVID-19大流行,人们越来越依赖虚拟空间,导致更多的在线种族歧视 (ORD).
- 在各种在线平台上,ORD涉及基于种族的低或边缘化行为.
研究的目的:
- 检查直接和间接ORD对大学生心理健康的影响.
- 为了比较白人学生和有色人种学生之间的这些影响.
- 调查社会支持的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 在COVID-19期间 (2021年10月至12月) 从两个城市大学的617名本科生收集的调查数据.
- 评估了直接和间接的在线种族歧视,抑郁,焦虑,繁荣和与健康有关的生活质量.
- 统计分析比较了种族群体之间的影响,并检查了作为缓冲的社会支持.
主要成果:
- 直接和间接的ORD预测了有色学生的抑郁和焦虑,但不是白人学生.
- 社会支持缓冲了代理ORD与所有学生的焦虑/繁荣之间的关系.
- 社会支持缓冲了ORD对有色人种学生健康相关生活质量的直接影响,特别是在较低的ORD水平.
结论:
- 在线种族歧视对有色人种的大学生构成严重的心理健康风险.
- 社会支持是对ORD负面心理健康影响的关键保护因素.
- 调查结果为开发缓解ORD和支持学生福祉的干预措施提供了信息.
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