Kara W Chung

Biographic Data

ID4599490
NAMEKara W Chung
GIVEN NAMESKara W
FAMILY NAMEChung
SIGNATURECHUNG K W
AFFILIATIONSTulane University
ORCID0000-0001-8048-2158
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS116
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX4

  • Impact of daily neighborhood crime on nightly sleep among adolescents

    Open AccessKara W Chung, Kyle Lorenzo et al.ARTICLEChild Development2025References: 61

    Crime impacts both the immediate victims and has indirect effects on the community. This study examined associations between daily neighborhood crime and actigraphy-assessed sleep outcomes using multilevel modeling. Data were from a longitudinal (14-day) study of 288 adolescents (M age = 15.27; 70.8% girls, 29.2% boys; 38.9% Asian, 36.8% Hispanic or Latinx, 20.5% Black or African American) in the New York City area in 2014. Residential addresses …

  • Vicarious racism, ethnic/racial identity, and sleep among Asian Americans

    Tiffany Yip, Kara W Chung et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2022Cited by: 14

    Findings from this study extend research on racism and sleep by examining vicarious racism, an understudied facet of racism, and by focusing specifically on Asian Americans and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research and practice should consider expanding research on discrimination to include a broader range of unjust experiences. Vicarious racism contributes to health hazards experienced by Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pa…

  • M(ai)cro: Centering the Macrosystem in Human Development

    Open AccessLeoandra Onnie Rogers, Erika Y Niwa et al.ARTICLEHuman Development2021

    Both society and psychological science are deeply grounded in (and often perpetuate) white supremacy and anti-Blackness. While human development is inextricable from macro-level structural racism and hierarchies of oppression, developmental research often locates processes in the micro-level of individuals and relationships, ultimately obscuring how intimately macro-level forces shape developmental processes. The current paper aims to shift the s…

  • Pathways linking census tract typologies with subjective neighborhood disorder and depressive symptoms in the Black Women's Experiences Living with Lupus (BeWell) Study

    Open AccessConnor D Martz, Evelyn A Hunter et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2021References: 10

  • Depression, Anxiety, and Alcohol Use Among LGBTQ+ People During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Ellesse-Roselee Akré, Andrew Anderson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2021Cited by: 7References: 27

    Objectives. To describe disparities in depression, anxiety, and problem drinking by sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and gender identity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. Data were collected May 21 to July 15, 2020, from 3245 adults living in 5 major US metropolitan areas (Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; and Los Angeles, California). Participants were characterized as cisgender straight or…

  • Vulnerability and Resilience: Use and Misuse of These Terms in the Public Health Discourse

    David H Chae, David Chae et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2021Cited by: 4References: 20

    Vulnerability and Resilience: Use and Misuse of These Terms in the Public Health Discourse David H. ChaeScD, MA, Shedra A. SnipesPhD, Kara W. ChungMS, Connor D. MartzMS, and Thomas A. LaVeistPhD Affiliation David H. Chae and Kara W. Chung are with the Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences and Thomas A. LaVeist is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane Universi…

  • Vicarious Racism and Vigilance During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Implications Among Asian and Black Americans

    Open AccessDavid H Chae, David Chae et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Reports2021Cited by: 75References: 31

    Mental health problems are a pressing concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results from our study suggest that heightened racist sentiment, harassment, and violence against Asian and Black Americans contribute to increased risk of depression and anxiety via vicarious racism and vigilance. Public health efforts during this period should address endemic racism as well as COVID-19

  • Racism-related stress and psychological distress: Black Women's Experiences Living with Lupus study

    Open AccessEvelyn A Hunter, Erica C Spears et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2021Cited by: 1References: 66

    Disparate health consequences in African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus include greater severity of physical and psychological distress. Racism-related stress is also related to psychological distress correlates in this population. This study examined the relationships between racism-related experiences, psychological distress, and systemic lupus erythematosus activity in 430 African American women from the Black Women's Experie…

  • Vicarious Racism Stress and Disease Activity: The Black Women's Experiences Living with Lupus (BeWell) Study

    Open AccessConnor D Martz, Amani M Allen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2019Cited by: 15References: 50