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Table 7 Responses to last experience and finding the experience stressful or very stressful

From: Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Australian culturally and linguistically diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey

Response strategies for most recent racist experience

B

SE B

OR

95%CI

p

Ignored it or pretended it didn’t happen

−0.661

0.203

0.516

(0.347-0.768)

0.001

Accepted it as a fact of life or put up with it

0.129

0.223

1.138

(0.735-1.762)

0.563

Wanted to face up to the person who did this to you but didn’t

0.337

0.247

1.401

(0.864-2.272)

0.172

Tried to reason with the person who did this to you

0.332

0.302

1.393

(0.771-2.517)

0.272

Used humour or ridiculed the person who did this to you

−0.611

0.374

0.543

(0.261-1.129)

0.102

Sought or accepted help from others who saw/heard it happen

0.654

0.507

1.924

(0.713-5.194)

0.197

Got into a verbal confrontation with the person who did this to you

−0.080

0.286

0.923

(0.526-1.618)

0.779

Wrote, drew, sang or painted about the experience

−0.357

0.684

0.699

(0.183-2.674)

0.601

Talked to someone about the experience

0.324

0.232

1.383

(0.878-2.180)

0.162

Made a complaint to an organisation or agency

0.208

0.412

1.231

(0.549-2.763)

0.614

Reported to the police or took legal action

0.214

0.410

1.239

(0.554-2.770)

0.601

Tried to change the way you are or things you did to avoid it in the future

0.202

0.292

1.224

(0.691-2.171)

0.488

Other coping strategy

0.371

0.569

1.449

(0.475-4.419)

0.514