Online Racial Discrimination and College Student Mental Health: Social Support as a Moderator.

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Article in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Online racism, online mental health engagement, depression, and suicide risk among Asian American and Pacific Islander and Black American emerging adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026
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Ami PatelDepartment of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland, College Park, 3112E Benjamin Building, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5697-7257

Cixin WangDepartment of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland, College Park, 3112E Benjamin Building, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. cxwang@umd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4947-0228

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many college students experience racism and discrimination, which negatively impacts their mental health. As COVID-19 has brought about increased reliance on virtual spaces, increased online racial discrimination (ORD) has also become a more prevalent issue. ORD may be defined as online behaviors that demean or marginalize individuals or groups based on race. It may occur on social media, through text messaging, online videos/games, and/or online chat rooms. Research has shown that direct ORD predicted mental health difficulties, but the link between vicarious ORD and mental health was less consistent. Therefore, it is imperative to investigate how direct or vicarious ORD impacts student mental health. This study aims to examine the relationships between direct and vicarious ORD and college student mental health (depression, anxiety, flourishing, and health-related quality of life) and compare the relationships between White students and students of color. Data were collected from a sample of 617 undergraduate students (M

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Mental HealthRacismSocial SupportStudentsAdolescentAdultAnxietyCOVID-19DepressionFemaleHumansMaleSocial MediaUniversitiesWhiteWhite PeopleCollege studentsDirectMental health outcomesOnline racial discriminationSocial supportVicarious

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PMID40205321

DOI10.1007/s40615-025-02405-w

PMCPMC13157434

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