title: The impact of racial identity, ethnic identity, asian values and race-related stress on Asian Americans and Asian international college students' psychological well-being.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. derek.iwamoto@gmail.com
authors.forename: Derek Kenji
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: William Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003073:Cognitive Dissonance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011287:Prejudice; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012925:Social Conformity; D012933:Social Identification; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
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