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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026

COVID-19 Racial Discrimination and Substance Use among Asian Americans by Gender.

Dale Dagar Maglalang, Nari Yoo, Michael Park, Harvey L Nicholson, Cora de Leon, Sumie Okazaki, Doris F Chang

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Dale Dagar MaglalangSilver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY, 10003, USA. dale.maglalang@nyu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8909-0193
Nari YooSchool of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-7048
Michael ParkSchool of Social Work, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Harvey L NicholsonDepartment of Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA.
Cora de LeonSilver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Sumie OkazakiDepartment of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Doris F ChangSilver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3012-6881

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Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity at New York University CDS-FY22-02
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objectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by a surge in anti-Asian racial discrimination in the United States. To date, there has not been a study that examined the role of gender among Asian Americans (AAs) during the pandemic and its associations with racial discrimination and substance use. This study examined the relationship between COVID-19-related discrimination and substance use behaviors among AAs and investigated the moderating role of gender.

methodsWe used survey data from N = 1,052 AA Chinese, Filipino/a/x, and South Asian adults (Mage = 36.58, women = 69%) collected in May 2022. COVID-19-related discrimination was measured across three dimensions: direct overt-, direct subtle-, and vicarious discrimination. Substance use outcomes included past-year frequency of alcohol, tobacco/nicotine, cannabis, and other illicit substance use. Ordinal logistic regression models examined main effects and gender interactions.

resultsOverall, COVID-19 racial discrimination was significantly associated with increased odds of all substance use: alcohol (OR = 1.72), tobacco/nicotine (OR = 1.77), cannabis (OR = 1.85), and other illicit substances (OR = 2.88). Direct overt discrimination demonstrated the strongest associations across all substances. Gender significantly moderated the discrimination-substance use relationship for alcohol and cannabis, with men showing stronger associations (alcohol interaction OR = 1.46; cannabis interaction OR = 1.68). Marginal effects revealed that men experienced consistently larger probability increases in substance use across all discrimination types compared to women.

conclusionCOVID-19-related racial discrimination is robustly associated with substance use among AAs, with AA men demonstrating particular vulnerability to alcohol and cannabis use following discriminatory experiences. Results underscore the need for gender-specific, culturally tailored interventions addressing discrimination-related substance use in AA populations.

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Asian AmericansCOVID-19GenderMinority stress modelRacial discriminationSubstance use

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