Exploring the Link Between Self‐Construal and Distress Among African American and Asian American College Students

Christopher, Michael; Skillman, Gemma D.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1882.2009.tb00039.x

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“…A higher score indicates higher psychological distress. The coefficient alpha was .86 among Asian American students (Christopher & Skillman, 2009) and .90 for our participants. Construct validity of this scale was supported by a negative association with positive affect and a positive association with negative affect among Asian American college students (Lee, Su, & Yoshida, 2005).…”

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confidence: 60%

Impostor Feelings and Psychological Distress Among Asian Americans: Interpersonal Shame and Self-Compassion

Wei

Liu

et al. 2020

The Counseling Psychologist

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We examined how the association between impostor feelings and psychological distress was mediated by interpersonal shame and moderated by self-compassion in a sample of 433 Asian American students at an East Coast public university. First, we found that the positive association between impostor feelings and psychological distress was partially mediated by interpersonal shame (i.e., shame related to others viewing them negatively or dishonoring their family due to their deficits). Second, self-compassion significantly moderated the positive association between impostor feelings and interpersonal shame. Specifically, this positive association was stronger for those with lower self-compassion than for those with higher self-compassion. Third, the index of moderated mediation further supported that self-compassion moderated the mediation through an indirect effect of impostor feelings on psychological distress through interpersonal shame. We found additional results which supported the moderation and moderated mediation hypotheses for the three specific components of self-compassion (i.e., common humanity, self-judgment, and over-identification).

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Impostor Feelings and Psychological Distress Among Asian Americans: Interpersonal Shame and Self-Compassion

Wei

Liu

et al. 2020

The Counseling Psychologist

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“…Steele ( 63 ) discovered that being under threat of judgement by a racial stereotype leads to impaired performance on tests and is associated with lower levels of mental well-being. Other research suggests that ethnic minority students might experience low levels of mental well-being and higher levels of mental illness because of the university campus climate or existing institutional prejudice and discrimination ( 64 – 67 ). In a study of first year medical students Hardeman et al ( 9 ) compared African American students to white students and found that African American students had nearly twice the risk of being classified as having symptoms of depression and anxiety.…”

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Mental Well-Being in UK Higher Education During Covid-19: Do Students Trust Universities and the Government?

Defeyter

Stretesky

Long

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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This paper draws upon the concept of recreancy to examine the mental well-being of university students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Briefly, recreancy is loss of societal trust that results when institutional actors can no longer be counted on to perform their responsibilities. Our study of mental well-being and recreancy focuses on the role of universities and government regulators within the education sector. We surveyed 600 UK students attending 161 different public higher education providers in October 2020 during a time when many UK students were isolated in their residences and engaged in online learning. We assessed student well-being using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (scored 7–35) and found the mean score to be 19.9 [95% confidence interval (CI) 19.6, 20.2]. This level of well-being indicates that a significant proportion of UK students face low levels of mental well-being. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis indicates that high recreancy—measured as a low trust in universities and the government—is associated with low levels of mental well-being across the student sample. While these findings are suggestive, they are also important and we suggest that government and university leaders should not only work to increase food and housing security during the Covid-19 pandemic, but also consider how to combat various sector trends that might intensify recreancy.

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“…College students. In a study based on college students, Christopher and Skillman (2009) examined the relationship between self-construal and ethnicity among Asian Americans and African Americans. The results showed that Asian Americans had greater levels of interdependent self-construal whereas African American students had higher levels of independent self-construal.…”

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Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2009.

Kim¹,

Wong²,

Maffini³

2010

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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This 2014 review of Asian American psychology is the sixth review in the series. It includes 316 articles that met the inclusion criteria established by the past five annual reviews. Featured articles were derived from three sources: 137 were generated via the search term "Asian American" in PyscINFO, 111 were generated via a search for specific Asian American ethnic groups, and 32 were generated via author searches of articles that met the inclusion criteria. The top primary topic was health and health-related behaviors, the most frequently employed study design was crosssectional, and the most studied Asian American ethnic group was Chinese. This year's review includes information on the target population of the primary topic, the age range and developmental period of participants, and whether the study design was cross-sectional or longitudinal. It also identifies top authors and journals contributing to the 2014 annual review. These new features reveal that the most common target population of the primary topic was youths; studies most commonly included emerging adults ages 18-25; cross-sectional study design was employed more often than longitudinal design; the top contributor to the 2014 review was Stephen Chen, who authored the highest number of papers included; and the Asian American Journal of Psychology generated the highest number of publications for this review. Keywords review; Asian Americans, 2014The annual review of Asian American psychology facilitates a comprehensive, year-to-year understanding of the field by summarizing the major research topics and methodology used in Asian American psychology. Comparison of multiple annual reviews reveals past, current, and emerging trends. Illuminating these trends can be informative for new and experienced scholars alike, who can utilize the reviews to synthesize past and current research. This will help them identify emerging trends in order to plan future research that will make a meaningful contribution to scholarship on Asian American psychology. The present annual review uses the format established by the past five annual reviews, with the addition of new features for future annual reviews to consider. Like past reviews, the current issue presents major trends by primary topic, methodological design, and participant characteristics (e.g., average age and ethnicity). This review contributes a developmental perspective by including age range and developmental period in our categorization of participants, and by considering cross-sectional versus longitudinal study designs. We are also the first to recognize the top authors and journal outlets in this year's review.The 2014 review of Asian American psychology includes 316 articles, more than were included in any of the past five annual reviews. A confluence of factors has contributed to the growth of scholarship on Asian American psychology. First, there is the size of the population: Asian Americans represent 5.6% of the United States population; of all racial groups in the United States, Asian American...

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Exploring the Link Between Self‐Construal and Distress Among African American and Asian American College Students

Cited by 22 publications

References 41 publications

Impostor Feelings and Psychological Distress Among Asian Americans: Interpersonal Shame and Self-Compassion

Impostor Feelings and Psychological Distress Among Asian Americans: Interpersonal Shame and Self-Compassion

Mental Well-Being in UK Higher Education During Covid-19: Do Students Trust Universities and the Government?

Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2009.

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