Resource Threat versus Resource Loss and Emotional Well-Being of Ethnic Minorities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 23; p. 12590
• Main Authors: Youngmann, Rafael, Kushnirovich, Nonna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 29.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Anxiety; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Depletion; Economics; Emotions; Fear & phobias; Hypotheses; Mental disorders; Mental health; Minority & ethnic groups; Pandemics; Population studies; Populations; Quarantine; Resource conservation; Social distancing; Stress; United States > US

This paper used Hobfoll’s conservation of resources theory as a theoretical framework to investigate which kinds of resource loss predicted the emotional well-being (EWB) of ethnic minorities and majority populations during a period of crisis. Data were collected from a national representative surve...