title: Internalized model minority myth, Asian values, and help-seeking attitudes among Asian American students.
abstract: The present study examined cultural factors underlying help-seeking attitudes of Asian American college students (N = 106). Specifically, we explored internalized model minority myth as a predictor of help-seeking attitudes and tested an intrapersonal-interpersonal framework of Asian values as a mechanism by which the two are related. Results indicated that internalized model minority myth significantly predicted unfavorable help-seeking attitudes, and emotional self-control mediated this relationship. Interpersonal values and humility were nonsignificant mediators, contrary to our hypotheses. The findings suggest that the investigation of internalized model minority myth in help-seeking research is a worthwhile endeavor, and they also highlight emotional self-control as an important explanatory variable in help-seeking attitudes of Asian American college students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Seattle Pacific University.
authors.forename: Paul Youngbin
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: School of Business and Economics, Seattle Pacific University.
authors.forename: Donghun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012572:School Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult