Asian American psychology : the science of lives in context / edited by Gordon C. Nagayama Hall and Sumie Okazaki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Gordon C. Nagayama.

Okazaki, Sumie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Psychology.

Asian Americans.

Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Psychology--Research--United States.

Psychology.

Ethnic relations.

Research.

Psychology--Research.

United States--Ethnic relations--Research.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2002]

Summary:

This book offers a framework for the conceptual and methodological development of Asian American psychology and offers suggestion for future research. Contributors highlight conceptual and methodological models that advance not only the psychological studies of other ethnic minority groups but also the psychological research of an increasingly multicultural and global American population.

Contents:

Beyond questionnaires : conceptual and methodological innovations in Asian American psychology / Sumie Okazaki

Why and how researchers should study ethnic identity, acculturation, and cultural orientation / Jeanne L. Tsai, Yulia Chentsova-Dutton, and Ying Wong

Perspectives on Asian American development / Lynn Okagaki and Kathryn E. Bojczyk

Aging and Asian Americans : developing culturally appropriate research methodology / Gayle Y. Iwamasa and Kristen H. Sorocco

Career psychology of Asian Americans : cultural validity and cultural specificity / Frederick Leong and Erin Hardin

Culture-specific ecological models of Asian American violence

/ Gordon C. Nagayama Hall

Methodological issues in multiracial research / Maria P.P. Root.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1557989028

OCLC:

49011400