title: Male Asian international students' perceived racial discrimination, masculine identity, and subjective masculinity stress: a moderated mediation model.
abstract: This study examined male Asian international college students' perceptions of racial discrimination, subjective masculinity stress, centrality of masculine identity, and psychological distress by testing a moderated mediation model. Participants were 160 male Asian international college students from 2 large public universities. Participants' perceived racial discrimination was positively related to their subjective masculinity stress only at high (but not low) levels of masculine identity centrality. Additionally, subjective masculinity stress was positively related to psychological distress, although this association was stronger among those who reported high levels of masculine identity centrality. The authors also detected a moderated mediation effect in which subjective masculinity stress mediated the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and psychological distress only at high (but not low) levels of masculine identity centrality. These findings contribute to the counseling psychology literature by highlighting the connections between race- and gender-related stressors as well as the relevance of masculine identity to an understanding of men's mental health.
authors.affiliation: Counseling & Educational Psychology Department, Indiana University Bloomington.
authors.forename: Y Joel
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Iowa State University.
authors.forename: Pei-Chun
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Counseling & Educational Psychology Department, Indiana University Bloomington.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Research in Education, University of Kansas.
authors.forename: Qingqing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Iowa State University.
authors.forename: Meifen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008297:Male; D063505:Racism / Q000523:psychology*; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult