Mitigating the identity and health threat of COVID-19: Perspectives of middle-class South Asians living in the UK
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Abstract
The recognition and representation of BAME community as ‘high risk’ of Covid-19 in the UK presents both a health and an identity threat to this ethnic group. This study employed thematic analysis to explore response to these threats as related by a sample of 13 middle class members of the South Asian community. This work advances both health and identity psychological theory by recognising the affinity between expressions of health efficacy and identity. Our findings identify South Asian intragroup stigmatisation and commonalities that have implications for the promotion of health behaviour and health communications for minority groups.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.03.30.21254537: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement Consent: Potential participants were identified through the third author’s personal network; they were solicited initially telephone and if they indicated interest, were asked to return their informed consent via e-mail. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:These findings speak …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.03.30.21254537: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement Consent: Potential participants were identified through the third author’s personal network; they were solicited initially telephone and if they indicated interest, were asked to return their informed consent via e-mail. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:These findings speak not only to the limitations of addressing South Asians as a community, but also to the intragroup stigmatization that can accompany categorisation threat. (Abrams et al., 2021) highlight that some groups (often those that are more disadvantaged) can become targets of blame or stigmatization associated with their perceived risky behaviour or their vulnerability to the virus, or both. Emphasis shifts from depicting particular groups sympathetically because of their high personal vulnerability to infection to scrutinising those groups’ behaviours in the quest to assign blame for not respecting the social distancing guidelines and these can result in emerging tensions between newly salient social groups. Furthermore, they suggest the need for messaging and guidance tailored to ethnic minority communities with varying levels of association and communication with ‘majority British’ culture and institutions to avoid unintended stigmatisation. Limitations: These findings are based on a particular subset of the BAME community—middle class South Asians who were primarily Indian and Hindu. This study was based on a participant group that reflected only one particular segment of the BAME community who occupies a higher economic status and level of integration than other members of the BAME community. This group was able to exercise their efficacies through their identities as an integrated immigrant. BAME community members for whom this group mobility is less availab...
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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