ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Suicidal Ideation, and Internalized Racism Among Emerging Adult Asian American Women

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Brian Keum
    UCLA
  • Michele Wong
    UCLA
  • Rangeena Salim-Eissa
    UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Abstract

Gendered racial microaggressions are significantly associated with suicidal ideation among Asian American women. Self-negativity, as a form of internalized racism, interacts with gendered racial microaggressions and significantly exacerbates suicidal ideation. These findings serve as a crucial evidence to understanding risk of suicide among Asian American women.

Racism and Discrimination