Development and initial validation of the internalization of Asian American stereotypes scale

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-294

  Shen, Frances C ^a   Wang, Yu Wei ^b   Swanson, Jane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Internalized stereotyping; Model minority; Scale development; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAMBODIAN; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERNALIZATION; INTERNALIZATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN STEREOTYPES SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; STEREOTYPY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960989146     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024727     Document Type: Article

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