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Discrimination, Social Connectedness, and Future Anxiety of First-Generation Korean Americans

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This study investigated the relationship between perceived discrimination, perceptions about occupation, social connectedness to mainstream society, anxiety toward the future, and life satisfaction for first-generation Korean Americans. The data (N = 107) of the first-generation Korean American participants were analyzed using path analysis, focusing on mediating effects of social connectedness and anxiety about the relationship between perceived discrimination, perceptions about occupation, and life satisfaction. Our study results showed that perceived discrimination and perceptions about occupation are positively correlated to anxiety about the future but negatively correlated with a connectedness to mainstream society. In addition, demands of occupation, discrimination, and concern about the future were all negatively associated with life satisfaction. At the same time, first-generation Korean Americans’ social connectedness to mainstream society was positively associated with life satisfaction. According to the path analysis results, only perceptions about occupation were indirectly associated with life satisfaction via anxiety about the future. However, discrimination was not indirectly associated with life satisfaction via social connectedness to mainstream society and worry about the future.

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This study investigated the relationship between perceived discrimination, perceptions about occupation, social connectedness to mainstream society, anxiety toward the future, and life satisfaction for first-generation Korean Americans. The data (N = 107) of the first-generation Korean American participants were analyzed using path analysis, focusing on mediating effects of social connectedness and anxiety about the relationship between perceived discrimination, perceptions about occupation, and life satisfaction. Our study results showed that perceived discrimination and perceptions about occupation are positively correlated to anxiety about the future but negatively correlated with a connectedness to mainstream society. In addition, demands of occupation, discrimination, and concern about the future were all negatively associated with life satisfaction. At the same time, first-generation Korean Americans’ social connectedness to mainstream society was positively associated with life satisfaction. According to the path analysis results, only perceptions about occupation were indirectly associated with life satisfaction via anxiety about the future. However, discrimination was not indirectly associated with life satisfaction via social connectedness to mainstream society and worry about the future.

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