#12343. Responses to the Unite the Right Rally: Perceptions, Stress, and the Moderating Role of Interpersonal Proximity

August 2026publication date
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Abstract:
Demonstrations led by right-wing extremist groups and racially motivated hate crimes have increased significantly since the election of Donald Trump. However, few studies have examined racially marginalized (RM) persons’ perceptions of such events or their potential impact on their mental health. Thus, the purpose of this investigation was to examine the association between RM individuals’ perceptions of the Unite the Right rally as a racially motivated hate crime and subsequent perceived stress. We investigated the moderating role of interpersonal proximity (i.e., direct or indirect knowledge of someone personally affected by the events that occurred at the rally) in the relationship between hate crime perceptions and stress. Our results suggest that perceiving the rally as a hate crime was positively associated with greater levels of stress. Moreover, interpersonal proximity moderated this association, such that the relationship between hate crime perceptions and stress was significant and positive for those who knew someone affected by the rally, but unrelated for RM people who did not know someone affected by the rally.
Keywords:
Hate crime; Interpersonal proximity; Social networks; Stress

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