Face and Asian and Asian Americans' Help-Seeking Behavior

When compared with African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans, Asian are often attributed more positive attributions from the dominant culture. The developed stereotype, Myth of the Model Minority (MMM), suggests Asian Americans achieve a higher degree of success than the general population. Under the internalized assumption of being psychologically trouble free, the MMM stereotype contributes to Asians being less inclined to proactively engage in help seeking behavior despite the presence of severe mental health concerns. Psychocultural examples relating to Asian Americans (e.g., Virginia Tech Shooter case) are reviewed to form a clinical and forensic psychological framework that offers a challenge as to why the MMM is problematic in higher education. The myths related to MMM and the experiences—positive or negative—of MMM are analyzed to encourage subsequent empirically-based applications for addressing MMM as well as serving as a caveat against using monocausal explanations or other thumbnail assessments of Asian American behavior in higher education.

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Help Seeking Behavior in a Diverse Sample of Asian American Adults

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies ◽

10.29333/ejecs/124 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter Nguyen ◽

Rosalie Corona ◽

Matthew Peter DeCarlo ◽

Anna Yaros ◽

Anh Thuy Le ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Asian American ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Help Seeking Behavior ◽

Help Seeking Behaviors ◽

Different Types ◽

Seeking Behavior

We sought to characterize the help-seeking behavior of Asian Americans living in a Southeastern community in the U.S. by examining different types of services sought, help-seeking preferences, and how demographic characteristics and mental health problems (including domestic violence) predicted these behaviors. 610 Asian Americans (mean age = 39.43 years; 59.6% female; 75% immigrants) completed an anonymous, community survey that included measures of different types of help-seeking behaviors and preferences, mental health symptoms, and exposure to domestic violence. The two most-frequently help-seeking behaviors included seeking advice from friends, family members, or relatives (66.7%), and visiting a medical doctor (46.4%). In logistic regression models, older age, sex, immigrant status and symptomatic depression predicted different types of help-seeking behaviors and preferences. Neither domestic violence experience or symptomatic anxiety significantly predicted help-seeking.

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Asians and the Myth of the Model Minority in Higher Education

Gaming and Technology Addiction ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0778-9.ch003 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 38-59

Author(s):

Ronn Johnson ◽

Ji Youn Cindy Kim ◽

Jojo Yanki Lee

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Native Americans ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Asian American ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Model Minority ◽

Help Seeking Behavior ◽

Dominant Culture ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Seeking Behavior

When compared with African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans, Asian are often attributed more positive attributions from the dominant culture. The developed stereotype, Myth of the Model Minority (MMM), suggests Asian Americans achieve a higher degree of success than the general population. Under the internalized assumption of being psychologically trouble free, the MMM stereotype contributes to Asians being less inclined to proactively engage in help seeking behavior despite the presence of severe mental health concerns. Psychocultural examples relating to Asian Americans (e.g., Virginia Tech Shooter case) are reviewed to form a clinical and forensic psychological framework that offers a challenge as to why the MMM is problematic in higher education. The myths related to MMM and the experiences—positive or negative—of MMM are analyzed to encourage subsequent empirically-based applications for addressing MMM as well as serving as a caveat against using monocausal explanations or other thumbnail assessments of Asian American behavior in higher education.

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