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Internalized Model Minority Myth, Asian Values, and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian American Students
SPU Works
  • Paul Youngbin Kim, Seattle Pacific University
  • Donghun Lee, Seattle Pacific University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Keywords
  • Help-seeking attitudes,
  • model minority myth,
  • Asian values
Abstract

The present study examined cultural factors underlying help-seeking attitudes of Asian American college students (N = 106). Specifically, we explored internalized model minority myth as a predictor of help-seeking attitudes and tested an intrapersonal-interpersonal framework of Asian values as a mechanism by which the two are related. Results indicated that internalized model minority myth significantly predicted unfavorable help-seeking attitudes, and emotional self-control mediated this relationship. Interpersonal values and humility were nonsignificant mediators, contrary to our hypotheses. The findings suggest that the investigation of internalized model minority myth in help-seeking research is a worthwhile endeavor, and they also highlight emotional self-control as an important explanatory variable in help-seeking attitudes of Asian American college students.

Citation Information
Kim, P. Y. & Lee, D. (2014). Internalized model minority myth, Asian values, and help-seeking attitudes among Asian American students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 20, 98-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0033351