Asian American male college students' perceptions of people's stereotypes about Asian American men

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-88

  Joel Wong, Y ^a   Owen, Jesse ^b   Tran, Kimberly K ^c   Collins, Dana L ^a   Higgins, Claire E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; College students; Depression; Masculinity; Self construal; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874484907     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022800     Document Type: Article

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