Early perceptions of COVID-19 intensity and anti-Asian prejudice among White Americans.

ABSTRACT: Anecdotal reports suggested an uptick in anti-Asian prejudice corresponding with the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining responses from White U.S. citizens (N = 589) during the first months of the pandemic, this study tested: (a) whether actual intensity (official number of cases or deaths reported) or perceived intensity (participants' estimates of the same) of the COVID-19 outbreak predicted indicators of racial outgroup prejudice, particularly those associated with cross-group interaction, (b) whether outgroup prejudice was oriented toward Asian people specifically, or toward racial outgroups more broadly (e.g., toward both Asian people and Black people), and (c) whether contact with racial outgroups moderated relations between COVID-19 intensity and racial preju

SUBMITTER: Mandalaywala TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9892532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature