Intersectionality & Asian American Mental Health/Anti-Asian Racism/Socialization

• COVID-19 racism, mental health, and behavioral risks among Asian Americans

• Gendered racial microaggressions/racism as a risk factor for suicidal ideation among Asian American emerging adult women and men

• Gendered racial socialization among Asian American women and men (including flourishing and affirmative socialization framework)

• Gendered racism, body image issues, and risky substance use among Asian American emerging adult men

• Gendered racism, shame, and depression among Asian American emerging adult men

• Barriers and facilitators of anti-racism advocacy among Asian American emerging adults

• Suicide bereavement among AAPI individuals (AFSP funded)

• Online and offline racism’s impact on Korean emerging adults’ mental health and binge drinking (UC Berkeley AAPI Data funded)

• Anise Health: Digital mental health for Asian Americans (NIH funded)

• Anise Health: Culturally-Sensitive Digital Mental Health for Asian Americans, R41 Small Business Technology Transfer Grant, National Institute of Mental Health, Role: PI, Amount ($600,822)

  • In partnership with a national digital mental health platform Anise Health, we are developing digital tools to improve the cultural sensitivity and validity of the therapists’ work with Asian American clients on issues of racial trauma, bicultural tension, and intergenerational conflict.

• STOREY: A Digital Storytelling Intervention for Anti-Racist Advocacy and Racial Literacy Development among Asian American Emerging Adults, Research Across the Departments and School Grant, Boston College, Role: PI, Amount ($50,000)

• The STOREY (STOrying Racism to Empower Youth) intervention: Testing a digital storytelling intervention to promote anti-racism advocacy against anti-Black racism, General Grant, Mental Research Institute, Role: PI, Amount ($25,000)

• UCLA Initiative to Study Hate Grant, Initiative to Study Hate, UCLA College – Division of Social Sciences, $10,000, Role: Co-I, Evaluating the Spillover Effects of the 2021 Atlanta Mass Shooting on the Population-Level Mental Health of Asian Americans

*denotes student co-authors

&Wong, M.J., Keum, B.T., #Wong, L., & #Na, J.Y. (2024). Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Depressive Symptoms Among Emerging Adult Asian American Women: Racial/Ethnic Differences Among Asian and White Romantic Partners. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02184-w

Keum, B.T., #Wong, L. J., *Tran, E., & #Nguyen, M. & *Zhu, C. (2024). Parents’ anti-Black messages, empathic reactions towards racism, fear of Black individuals, and perceived ability to engage in anti-racism advocacy among Asian American emerging adults. Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13062

Keum, B. T., Oh, S., & Sheftall, A. H. (2024). National Trends in Suicide Among Asian American or Pacific Islander Youth. JAMA Network Open, 7(7), e2422744-e2422744. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.22744

Keum, B.T., & Oh, S. (2024). Gender Differences in the impact of COVID-19 related anti-Asian racism on internalized racism and suicide ideation. Stigma & Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000545

Keum, B.T., & *Wong, M.J. (2023). COVID-19 Racism, Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, and Suicide Ideation among Asian American Emerging Adults. International Review of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2023.2182186

Keum, B.T., *Ahn, L.H, Choi, A.Y., *Choudhry, A., *Nguyen, M., *Meizys, G., *Chu, A., & *Hearns, M. (2023). Asian American Men’s Gendered Racial Socialization and Fragmented Masculinity: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. The Counseling Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000231170310

Keum, B.T., & *Wong, M.J. (2022). Congruence and discrepancy in Asian American women’s perception and stress appraisal of gendered racial microaggressions: Relationships with depressive symptoms and internalized racism. Frontiers in Public Health. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.954897/full *Special issue on Anti-Asian Racism and Public Health

Keum, B.T., & Choi, A.Y. (2022). COVID-19 Racism, Depressive Symptoms, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use Severity among Asian American Emerging Adults. Emerging Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968221117421

Keum, B.T. & *Wong, M.J., *Salim-Eissa, R. (2022). Gendered racial microaggressions, internalized racism, and suicidal ideation among Asian American women. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640221089536

Keum, B. T., Li, X., Cheng, H.-L., & *Sappington, R. T. (2022). Substance use risk among Asian American men: The role of gendered racism, internalization of western muscularity ideals, interpersonal and body shame, and drive for muscularity. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000368

Keum, B.T., & Choi, A.Y. (2021). Gendered Racism, Interpersonal Shame, Depressive Symptoms, and Alcohol Use among Asian American Men. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000505

*Ahn, L. H., Keum, B. T., Meizys, G. M., Choudry, A., Gomes, M. A., & Wang, L. (2022). Second-generation Asian American women’s gendered racial socialization. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 69(2), 129–145. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000575

*Ahn, L.H., & Keum, B.T. (2021). The Moderating Role of Parent and School Racial Socialization on Discrimination and Psychological Distress for Asian Americans. Journal of College Student Development

Keum, B.T., Brady, J., Sharma, R., Lu, Y., Kim, Y., & Thai, C. (2018). Gendered Racial Microaggressions Scale for Asian American Women: Development and Initial Validation. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 65(5), 571-585. 

Keum, B.T., Miller, M.J., Lee, M., & Chen, G.A. (2018). Color-blind Racial Attitudes Scale for Asian Americans: Testing the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Generational Status. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 149-157. 

Wong, S., Keum, B.T., Caffarel, D., Srinivasan, R., Morshedian, N., Capodilupo, C., & Brewster, M.E. (2017). Exploring the conceptualization of body image in Asian American women: Negotiating cultural standards of beauty, cultural identity, and the implications for eating disorder risk. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 8(4), 296-307. * Special issue: Qualitative Methods in Asian American Psychology

Keum, B.T. (2016). Asian American Men’s Internalization of Western Media Appearance Ideals, Appearance Comparison, and Acculturative Stress. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 7(4), 256-264. 

Keum, B.T., Wong, S., DeBlaere, C. & Brewster, M.E. (2015). Body Image and Asian American Men: Examination of the Drive for Muscularity Scale. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 16(3), 284 – 293. 

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