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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026

Ethno-Racial Disparities in COVID-Related Stress and Mental Health Problems: Bridging Fundamental Cause Theory and the Stress Process Model.

Rengin B Firat, Jordan L Mullins, Kalina J Michalska, Bruce G Link

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Rengin B FiratPhD Program in Leadership and Change, School of Interdisciplinary and Professional Studies, Antioch University, 900 Dayton St, Yellow Springs, OH 45387, USA.
Jordan L MullinsDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Kalina J MichalskaDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA. kalinam@ucr.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-5036
Bruce G LinkPhD Program in Leadership and Change, School of Interdisciplinary and Professional Studies, Antioch University, 900 Dayton St, Yellow Springs, OH 45387, USA.

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Research Infrastructure CoreU54MD013368 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI MCMULLIN, JULIET · 2019 to 2023
$15.9M
NIH HHS U54MD013368
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Abstract

Bridging the stress process model and fundamental cause theory (FCT), this study investigated the application of a novel multi-domain stress measure in explaining ethno-racial mental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from an online survey (N = 2308), we tested whether disproportionate exposure to COVID-related discrimination or COVID-related stressful life events explained ethno-racial disparities in anxiety and depression symptoms. We observed that for Asian and other/multi-race respondents, discrimination elevated stress and mental health problems. Black respondents, on the other hand, fared better on mental health outcomes, partly because they experienced lower levels of existential insecurity. Our results demonstrate the utility of a multi-domain stress measure in illustrating the nuanced ways collective traumatic events shape mental health outcomes in ethno-racially diverse communities.

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COVID-19DiscriminationFundamental cause theoryMental health disparitiesStress process model

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PMID42065807

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