The Effects of Contact with Asians and Asian Americans on White American College Students: Attitudes, Awareness of Racial Discrimination, and Psychological Adjustment

On the basis of acculturation theory, explicating mutual influences between different cultural or ethnic groups coming into contact, this study focused “on the other side of acculturation” theory by examining the effects of intercultural contact with Asians and Asian Americans on the psychosocial ex...

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Published in:	American journal of community psychology Vol. 42; no. 3-4; pp. 298 - 308
Main Authors:	Dinh, Khanh T., Weinstein, Traci L., Nemon, Melissa, Rondeau, Sara
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01-12-2008 Blackwell Science Ltd
Subjects:	Acculturation Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adult Asian Americans Asian people Asians contact theory Attitude Behavioral Science and Psychology Clinical Psychology College Students Community and Environmental Psychology Cultural Characteristics Discrimination Discrimination (Psychology) European Continental Ancestry Group Female Health Psychology Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Massachusetts Middle Aged Mutual acculturation Original Paper Personality and Social Psychology Psychological adjustment Psychology Public Health Racial attitudes Racism Social psychology Students - psychology Surveys and Questionnaires Universities White college students White people Whites Young Adult Massachusetts Mutual acculturation Asians contact theory White college students Psychological adjustment Racial attitudes
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Summary:	On the basis of acculturation theory, explicating mutual influences between different cultural or ethnic groups coming into contact, this study focused “on the other side of acculturation” theory by examining the effects of intercultural contact with Asians and Asian Americans on the psychosocial experiences of White American college students. Participants ( N = 315), undergraduates attending a public university located within the state of Massachusetts, completed a survey that assessed demographic and personal characteristics, acculturation (extent of intercultural contact with Asian people and Asian cultures), attitudes towards Asians and Asian Americans, awareness of institutional discrimination and blatant racial issues, and psychological distress. Results indicated that White American students’ intercultural contact with Asians and Asian Americans contributed significant variance to the prediction of their attitudes towards this ethnic group and awareness of discrimination and racial issues, but not to psychological distress. This study provides implications for understanding mutual acculturative influences between different ethnic groups in the United States.
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ISSN:	0091-0562 1573-2770
DOI:	10.1007/s10464-008-9202-z