IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/socpsy/v69y2023i2p342-350.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Gendered racial microaggressions, internalized racism, and suicidal ideation among emerging adult Asian American women

Author

Listed:
  • Brian TaeHyuk Keum
  • Michele J. Wong
  • Rangeena Salim-Eissa

Abstract

Background: Despite suicide being the leading cause of death among emerging adult Asian American women (AAW), little is known about the risk factors. Aim: We tested whether gendered racial microaggressions stress (GRMS) would be associated with AAW’s suicidal ideation, and whether internalized racism (self-negativity, IRSN; weakness stereotypes, IRWS; and appearance bias, IRAB) would exacerbate this link based on self-devaluating implications of internalized racism. Method: Using a sample of 309 AAW ( M age  = 20.00, SD  = 6.26), we conducted a moderated logistic regression with GRMS predicting suicidal ideation (endorsement or no endorsement) and the three internalized racism factors (IRSN, IRWS, and IRAB) as moderators. Results: GRMS significantly predicted suicidal ideation with a threefold increase in the odds of suicidal ideation. Only IRSN significantly exacerbated this link at low to mean levels. Conclusion: Gendered racial microaggressions is likely a risk factor for suicidal ideation among AAW, particularly for those who internalize negative images of themselves as Asian individuals.

Suggested Citation

  • Brian TaeHyuk Keum & Michele J. Wong & Rangeena Salim-Eissa, 2023. "Gendered racial microaggressions, internalized racism, and suicidal ideation among emerging adult Asian American women," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 69(2), pages 342-350, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:69:y:2023:i:2:p:342-350
    DOI: 10.1177/00207640221089536
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207640221089536
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/00207640221089536?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:69:y:2023:i:2:p:342-350. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.