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The impact of racial identity, ethnic identity, Asian values, and race-related stress on Asian Americans and Asian international college students’ psychological well-being.

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Iwamoto, Derek Kenji, Liu, William Ming·2010·Journal of Counseling Psychology
DOI 10.1037/a0017393PMC PMC2854415
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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.

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Authors
Iwamoto, D. K., & Liu, W. M.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of Iowa (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Counseling Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2010-01
Volume
57
Issue
1
Pages
79-91
ISSN
  • 0022-0167 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2168
DOI
10.1037/a0017393
PMC
PMC2854415
OpenAlex
W2001522581
Cited by
260
References
19
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FWCI
30.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Health Drug Abuse (5T32 019426-04)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
Keywords
racial identity, ethnic identity, Asian values, racial stress, psychological well-being, Asian American college students, international college students, identity status, ethnic identity affirmation, identity dissonance, moderating effect
MeSH terms
Acculturation, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Asian, Cognitive Dissonance, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, International Educational Exchange, Male, Personality Inventory, Prejudice, Psychological Theory, Psychometrics, Social Conformity, Social Identification, Social Values, Students, Young Adult

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