Do Self-Report Measures of Social Anxiety Reflect Cultural Bias or Real Difficulties for Asian American College Students?

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Ho, Lorinda Y ^a   Lau, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Independent self construal; Interdependent self construal; Social anxiety; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL BIAS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ANXIETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952097192     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022533     Document Type: Article

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