Open AccessReturning to the “Homeland”: Work-Related Ethnic Discrimination and the Health of Japanese Brazilians In Japan
Author(s) -
Takashi Asakura,
Gilbert C. Gee,
Kazuhiro Nakayama,
Sayuri Niwa
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.117309
Subject(s) - ethnic group , marital status , workload , checklist , medicine , psychological intervention , general health questionnaire , gerontology , mental health , cross sectional study , psychology , educational attainment , homeland , demography , clinical psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , population , pathology , sociology , anthropology , computer science , economics , cognitive psychology , economic growth , operating system , politics , law , political science
We investigated whether self-reported ethnic discrimination in the workplace was associated with well-being among Japanese Brazilians who had returned to Japan. Further, we examined interactions between discrimination and education on well-being.