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This study investigates the influence of the hijab (the Islamic headscarf) on perceptions of attractiveness, intelligence, and employability among South Asian Muslim women in the United States (US) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The effects of religiosity and perceived disc…

Iranian immigrants are one of the least studied ethnic groups in psychology, despite being a rather large population (Hojat et al., 2000; Saedi, 2010). Only a handful of studies examining Iranian immigrants exist, and even fewer have examined Iranian children. No prior studies h…

Post 9/11, Sikh Americans became particularly susceptible to discrimination due to often being misidentified as Arab American or Muslim, and subsequently assumed by some to be associated with terrorism. Research has demonstrated that discrimination experienced by people of color…

Non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs) suffer disproportionate rates of hypertension. Although prevalence is frequently examined, racial/ethnic differences in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control are equally important, yet poorly understood. Compared with non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs…