Biracial Asian Americans More Likely to Suffer From Psychological Disorders
By the DiversityInc staff
August 20, 2008
Keywords: biracial, racial, Asian American, UC Davis, psychological disorders, diversity, anxiety, depression, psychological
Biracial Asian Americans are more than twice as likely to suffer from psychological disorders as their monoracial counterparts, according to University of California study. "We cannot underestimate the importance of understanding the social, psychological and experiential differences that may increase the likelihood of psychological disorders among this fast-growing segment of the population," said Nolan Zane, a professor of psychology and Asian-American studies at University of California (UC) Davis.
Zane and his co-investigator, psychology graduate Lauren Berger, found 34 percent of biracial individuals nationally had been diagnosed with a psychological disorder, such as anxiety, depression or substance abuse, versus 17 percent of mono-racial individuals.
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