title: Racial identity and reflected appraisals as influences on Asian Americans' racial adjustment.
abstract: J. E. Helms's (1990) racial identity psychodiagnostic model was used to examine the contribution of racial identity schemas and reflected appraisals to the development of healthy racial adjustment of Asian American university students (N = 188). Racial adjustment was operationally defined as collective self-esteem and awareness of anti-Asian racism. Multiple regression analyses suggested that racial identity schemas and reflected appraisals were significantly predictive of Asian Americans' racial adjustment. Implications for counseling and future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Counseling and Psychological Services, University of Pennsylvania, USA. aalvarez@sfsu.edu
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Helms
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires