Racial and cultural factors affecting the mental health of Asian Americans.

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  • Author(s): Miller MJ;Miller MJ; Yang M; Farrell JA; Lin LL
  • Source:
    The American journal of orthopsychiatry [Am J Orthopsychiatry] 2011 Oct; Vol. 81 (4), pp. 489-97.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: American Psychological Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0400640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1939-0025 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00029432 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Orthopsychiatry Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2014- : Washington, DC : American Psychological Association
      Original Publication: Menasha, Wis., American Orthopsychiatric Assn.
    • Subject Terms:
      Acculturation* ; Culture* ; Prejudice*; Asian/*psychology ; Mental Health/*statistics & numerical data ; Stress, Psychological/*psychology; Adult ; Age Factors ; Asia/ethnology ; Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mental Health/ethnology ; Models, Psychological ; Self Efficacy ; United States
    • Abstract:
      In this study, we employed structural equation modeling to test the degree to which racism-related stress, acculturative stress, and bicultural self-efficacy were predictive of mental health in a predominantly community-based sample of 367 Asian American adults. We also tested whether bicultural self-efficacy moderated the relationship between acculturative stress and mental health. Finally, we examined whether generational status moderated the impact of racial and cultural predictors of mental health by testing our model across immigrant and U.S.-born samples. Results indicated that our hypothesized structural model represented a good fit to the total sample data. While racism-related stress, acculturative stress, and bicultural self-efficacy were significant predictors of mental health in the total sample analyses, our generational analyses revealed a differential predictive pattern across generational status. Finally, we found that the buffering effect of bicultural self-efficacy on the relationship between acculturative stress and mental health was significant for U.S.-born individuals only. Implications for research and service delivery are explored.
      (© 2011 American Orthopsychiatric Association.)
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    • Grant Information:
      L60 MD002889-01 United States MD NIMHD NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20111008 Date Completed: 20120207 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      PMC3191887
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01118.x
    • Accession Number:
      21977934