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Testing the Model Minority Stereotype: Youth Behaviors Across Racial and Ethnic Groups

Overview
Journal Soc Serv Rev
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Date 2011 May 17
PMID 21572913
Citations 21
Authors
Yoonsun Choi
Benjamin B Lahey
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Abstract

Using data from a large nationally representative sample of adolescents attending school, this study tests the stereotype that youth of Asian Pacific Islander ethnicity (API) are the model minority. The results suggest that, except for substance use, API American youth do not report fewer delinquent behaviors than white youth; in fact, API American youth report slightly higher numbers of aggressive offenses than white youth, and female API American youth report greater numbers of nonaggressive offenses than white female youth. Also, API American youth report higher rates of nonaggressive offenses and substance use than do black youth. The mental health and social service needs of API American youth are thus at least as great as those of white youth. The need for such services increases with the length of residency in the United States.

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