A very settler colonial pandemic: Nigel Mantou Lou, KimberlyNoels, Ying Shan, DorisZhang, Shachi Kurl, ‘Ethnic minority, immigrants, and Indigenous people’s well-being disparities in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of threat perceptions’, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2022 | settler colonial studies blog

A very settler colonial pandemic: Nigel Mantou Lou, KimberlyNoels, Ying Shan, DorisZhang, Shachi Kurl, ‘Ethnic minority, immigrants, and Indigenous people’s well-being disparities in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of threat perceptions’, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2022

26Apr22

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic’s differential impact on ethnic minorities, immigrants, and Indigenous peoples (e.g., mortality and infection rate, as well as psychological well-being) may exacerbate existing disparities. This study examined some psychological mechanisms that might explain the apparently more negative emotional experiences of ethnic minority Canadians during the pandemic compared with non-immigrant European Canadians (i.e., the majority/mainstream ethno-cultural group). We investigated group differences in negative affect and three possible threat mechanisms (perceived health, material, and cultural threat) for these differences using an online survey completed by a self-selected Canadian sample (N = 1,918). The results suggest that compared to the European Canadians, ethnic minority members, immigrants, and Indigenous peoples have on average perceived higher levels of pandemic threat, which in turn is associated with negative affect. These findings support the hypothesis that the amount of perceived threat perceived by different groups during the pandemic may partially explain reported group differences in well-being.

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