Collective trauma requires collective healing: The association between racial trauma and radical healing in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the association between racial trauma and radical healing in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs). It was hypothesized that racial trauma symptoms would be positively associated with radical healing, which includes five components: critical consciousness, radical hope, strength and resistance, cultural authenticity and self-knowledge, and collectivism.

Method

Participants were 436 AANHPI adults who completed a cross-sectional survey comprising questionnaires that assessed each study variable. A multivariate regression was conducted to examine the association between symptoms of racial trauma and components of radical healing in AANHPIs.

Results

Racial trauma was significantly associated with some

SUBMITTER: Chu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12396142 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature