Asian/American Identity Centrality and Health among Asian Americans in the United States: The Role of Ethnicity as a Moderator
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Identities reveal important information about shared group membership and the various advantages and disadvantages that an identity entails. Health scholarship on Asian Americans in the United States, however, has paid relatively less attention to identity-related mechanisms. In response, I investigated the role of Asian and American identity centrality, respectively, in shaping self-rated health among a sample of Asian Americans in the United States (n=4,249). Importantly, I considered Asian ethnicity as a key moderator in the relationship. Findings revealed that Asian identity centrality is associated with selfrated health differently across Asian ethnic groups whereas American identity centrality is not significantly associated with health. Future studies should continue to advance knowledge on the mechanisms that underlie the importance of each identity, with a comparative perspective that enables identification of more elaborate patterns across population characteristics.
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Identities reveal important information about shared group membership and the various advantages and disadvantages that an identity entails. Health scholarship on Asian Americans in the United States, however, has paid relatively less attention to identity-related mechanisms. In response, I investigated the role of Asian and American identity centrality, respectively, in shaping self-rated health among a sample of Asian Americans in the United States (n=4,249). Importantly, I considered Asian ethnicity as a key moderator in the relationship. Findings revealed that Asian identity centrality is associated with selfrated health differently across Asian ethnic groups whereas American identity centrality is not significantly associated with health. Future studies should continue to advance knowledge on the mechanisms that underlie the importance of each identity, with a comparative perspective that enables identification of more elaborate patterns across population characteristics.