The Impact of Racial Identity, Ethnic Identity, Asian Values and Race-related Stress on Asian Americans and Asian International College Students' Psychological Well-being

Overview

Journal J Couns Psychol

Publisher American Psychological Association

Specialties Health Services
Psychology

Date 2010 Apr 17

PMID 20396592

Citations 34

Authors

Derek Kenji Iwamoto

William Ming Liu

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Abstract

The current study investigated the direct and moderating effects of racial identity, ethnic identity, Asian values, and race-related stress on positive psychological well-being among 402 Asian American and Asian international college students. Results revealed that the racial identity statuses Internalization, Immersion-Emersion, Dissonance, Asian values and Ethnic Identity Affirmation and Belonging were significant predictors of well-being. Asian values, Dissonance and Conformity were found to moderate the relationship between race-related stress on well-being. Specifically, individuals in low race-related stress conditions who had low Asian values, high Conformity and low Dissonance attitudes started high on well being but decreased as race-related stress increased. These findings underscore the importance of how racial identity statuses, Asian values and ethnic identity jointly and uniquely explain and moderate the effects of race-related stress on positive well-being. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

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