Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology) published in the Asian American Journal of Psychology. The study examined gender and rejection sensitivity as moderators for microaggressions on stress. Findings revealed that white perpetrators caused more stress compared with Asian perpetrators. A three-way interaction with microaggression type, gender, and rejection sensitivity on stress showed that Asian American men who were more likely to expect rejection based on their Asian American identity experienced more stress from a white perpetrator compared with those who were less likely to expect rejection.
