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Our study examined how financial concerns impacted Asian Americans\u2019 mental health, specifically in the presence of benefit finding and received pay during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Survey-weighted data from the 2021 Asian American and Native Hawaiian\/Pacific Islander COVID-19 Needs Assessment Project was analyzed to test the associations between financial concerns and psychological distress among Asian American adults 18\u202fyears or older (unweighted N\u202f=\u202f3,152). Multivariable linear regression models included an interaction term for benefit finding, financial concerns, and received pay to test the moderation effect of benefit finding on psychological distress.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Reporting financial concerns increased the likelihood of psychological distress (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      : 1.24, 95% CI: 0.91, 1.56). Asian Americans who reported greater levels of benefit finding had lower psychological distress, but benefit finding alone did not moderate the relationship between financial concerns and psychological distress. However, having both greater levels of benefit finding and received pay protected Asian American participants the most from psychological distress when experiencing financial concerns.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings suggest that benefit finding and received pay combined may have important implications for interventions and policy-level changes targeting financial concerns among Asian Americans. Future research should explore the relationships between benefit finding and health outcomes over the life course, other protective coping responses for Asian Americans, and potential differences by Asian ethnicity or specific subgroups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2025.1706398","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,2]],"date-time":"2026-02-02T13:00:32Z","timestamp":1770037232000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Financial concerns and psychological distress among Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of benefit finding and received pay"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Sabreet Kaur","family":"Dhatt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee","place":["Milwaukee, WI, United 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