A Preliminary Report on a New Measure: Internalization of the Model Minority Myth Measure (IM-4) and Its Psychological Correlates Among Asian American College Students

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-127

  Yoo, Hyung Chol ^a   Burrola, Kimberly S ^a   Steger, Michael F ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; ethnic identity; model minority; psychological adjustment; racial stereotype

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449087768     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017871     Document Type: Article

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