The "model minority myth": Internalized racialism of positive stereotypes as correlates of psychological distress, and attitudes toward help-seeking

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-114

  Gupta, Arpana ^a   Szymanski, Dawn M ^b   Leong, Frederick T L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; help seeking; internalized racialism; positive stereotypes; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960007635     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024183     Document Type: Article

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