Social anxiety among East Asians in North America: East Asian socialization or the challenge of acculturation?

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-191

  Hsu, Lorena ^a   Woody, Sheila R ^a   Lee, Hoon Jin ^b   Peng, Yunshi ^c   Zhou, Xiaolu ^c   Ryder, Andrew G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural values; East Asians; Social anxiety; Social context

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; JAPAN; PHOBIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH KOREA;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865442092     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027690     Document Type: Article

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