DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37330.v1
title: Impacts of Social Proximity to Bias Crime Among Compact of Free Association (COFA)-Migrants in Hawaii, 2017-2018
title: Version 1

description: This study utilized respondent-driven sampling (RDS) among Compact of Free Association (COFA)-migrants in Hawaii to explore the harms of bias crimes on migrant communities. To examine the impacts of bias crimes on communities, the investigators examined the diffusion of negative psychological impacts, community impacts, and perceptions of safety for those who had been direct victims, those in the COFA-migrant community who are close to someone who has been a victim (proximal victim) but are not direct victims, and those who are members of the community but have not been a direct victim or know someone close to them who was a direct victim. This study also examined the how negative impacts of bias crime ultimately impact the adaption of COFA-migrants who have immigrated in the attempt to build new lives in Hawaii.
description: <strong>Goal 1:</strong> To determine the prevalence of bias crimes against COFA-migrants in Hawaii. <strong>Goal 2:</strong> To determine the diffusion effects of bias crime victimization in regard to psychological, social, and safety consequences based on social proximity to bias crime along three categories: a) COFA-migrants who have been directly victimized, b) COFA-migrants who have not been directly victimized but have an intimate acquaintance they know was victimized (proximal victims), and c) COFA-migrants who have not been the direct target or known someone personally who has been the victim of a bias crime (distant victims). <strong>Goal 3:</strong> To determine how the negative impacts of bias crime (including consequences to psychological well-being, feelings of safety, and sense of community) impact the adaptation of COFA-migrants to living in Hawaii.
description: Researchers collaborated with University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and <em>We Are Oceania</em>, a local Micronesian-serving community organization An in-person interview was designed with the assistance of cultural experts and bias crime experts to test the factors associated with acculturation and the impact of experiencing bias crimes, or knowing of people within one's group who experienced bias crimes, on that process. A respondent-driven sampling (RDS) sampling methodology was used to recruit participants for an in-person interview to help us better understand the community impact of bias crimes on vulnerable migrant/immigrant communities.
description: <strong>Demographic variables:</strong> Arriving in Hawai'i vs. Living in Hawaii <strong>Community Sequelae:</strong> Sociocultural Adaptation, Sense of Community, Colonial Mentality Scale <strong>Psychological Sequelae:</strong> Psychological Resilience, Social Support, World Assumption Scale, depression, anxiety <strong>Safety Sequelae:</strong> Feelings of safety, fear of crime, trust in police <strong>Bias Crime and Discrimination Experiences:</strong> Discrimination, bias crime victim status
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description: Presence of Common Scales: Sociocultural Adaptation Scale, Colonial Mentality Scale, Brief Resilience Scale, Zimet et al (1988) Social Support Scale, World Assumption Scale, CES-D10, GAD-7.
description: Respondent driven sampling (RDS)
description: Datasets: DS1: Impacts of Social Proximity to Bias Crime Among Compact of Free Association (COFA)-Migrants in Hawaii, 2017-2018
description: People from the Micronesian region 18 years and older who have lived in Hawaii for at least one consecutive year. Smallest Geographic Unit: Hawaii Islands
description: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI)