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Intersected discrimination through the lens of Covid-19

The case example of Christian minority in Iraq

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ID9054909
AuthorsIbrahim A Kira (0000-0001-8126-0020), Taghreed H Al-Noor (0000-0002-6761-7131, University of Baghdad), Yasir Waleed Al-bayaty (Kurdistan Regional Government), Hanaa Shuwiekh (0000-0003-2050-2713, Fayoum University), Hanaa A M Shuwiekh, Jeffrey S Ashby (0000-0002-9397-6939, Georgia State University), Hikmet Jamil (Wayne State University)
Year2022
Volume92
Issue3
Pages371-388
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/ort0000619
PMID35298185
OpenAlexW4220721073
LanguageEN
Citations received5

test between Muslims and Christians. We conducted hierarchical regression analyses using the Christian minority subsample to see if intersected discrimination is predictive of COVID-19 hospitalization. We conducted two-path analyses, one with intersected discrimination as an independent variable and the second with the different discrimination types as independent variables. Intersected discrimination predicted COVID-19 hospitalization. The primary discrimination type for Christians was genocidal discrimination. Christians had higher existential anxiety about status and death than Muslims. Intersected discrimination and discrimination types had a significant association with mental health, health, and cognition variables, with intersected discrimination, had a higher impact than each. Existential anxiety about the person's social and economic status was the critical outcome of intersected discrimination that trickles down to other variables. COVID-19 stressors had significant effects on depression, PTSD, generalized anxiety, and Status existential annihilation anxiety (EAA). COVID-19 hospitalization and stressors are associated with inhibition and working memory deficits. We discussed the conceptual and clinical implications of the results. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Anxiety · Death anxiety · Mental health · Minority stress · Psychiatry · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1,25
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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