Exploring the Link Between Self‐Construal and Distress Among African American and Asian American College Students |
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| Authors: | Michael S Christopher Gemma D Skillman |
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| Institution: | 1. Counseling Psychology Program, Pacific University;2. Psychology Department, The University of South Dakota. |
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| Abstract: | The authors investigated ethnicity, self‐construal, and distress among African American and Asian American college students. African American students expressed more salient independent self‐construals, whereas Asian American students expressed more salient interdependent self‐construals. As hypothesized, among African American participants, distress was positively related to interdependent self‐construal and negatively associated with independent self‐construal. Contrary to prediction, the same pattern was found for Asian American participants. Multicultural clinical practice implications are presented. |
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