A conceptual model of cultural predictors of anxiety among Japanese American and part-Japanese American adolescents.
A model integrating Japanese ethnicity, cultural identity, and anxiety was developed and assessed in Japanese American and part-Japanese American high school seniors (N = 141). Using measures from the Hawaiian High Schools Health Survey, the model incorporated the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Major Life Events Scale, and the Japanese Culture Scale (JCS). Japanese American adolescents scored higher on the JCS and reported fewer anxiety symptoms than part-Japanese American adolescents. Predictors for anxiety were being Japanese American versus part-Japanese American, income, and culturally intensified events. A significant interaction of behavior by self-identification was obtained. The model had good overall fit, suggesting that cultural identity formation may contribute to anxiety experienced particularly by adolescents of mixed heritage.
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John Kino Yamaguchi
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University of Hawaii, 1356 Lusitana Street, 4th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
Goebert
Deborah
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Hishinuma
Earl
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Miyamoto
Robin
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Anzai
Neal
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Izutsu
Satoru
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Yanagida
Evelyn
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Nishimura
Stephanie
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Andrade
Naleen
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Baker
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D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012933:Social Identification; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*