Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wu, Christine S.
• Pituc, Stephanie T.
• Kim, Adam Y.
• Lee, Richard M.
• Kim-Prieto, Chu Y

Titel

Foreigner Objectification, Cultural Assets, and Psychological Adjustment in Asian American College Students

Ist Teil von

• Asian American journal of psychology, 2020-03, Vol.11 (1), p.14-22

Ort / Verlag

Educational Publishing Foundation

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

PsycARTICLES

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Asian Americans have historically been subjected to foreigner objectification, a form of racial discrimination rooted in the "perpetual foreigner" stereotype. Foreigner objectification is related to multiple indicators of negative psychological adjustment and may be particularly salient for U.S.-born Asian Americans. This study examined whether cultural asset profiles (composed of ethnic-racial identity, American identity, and ethnic socialization) moderate the relationship between foreigner objectification and psychological adjustment among U.S.-born Asian American college students (N = 468). Using person-centered cluster analytic methods, four cultural asset profiles were derived (Multiple High Assets, Multiple Low Assets, High American Assets, Moderate Ethnic-Racial Assets). Foreigner objectification was significantly associated with lower subjective well-being, and this association was not moderated by cultural asset profiles. Foreigner objectification was also significantly related to higher psychological distress, but this relationship was moderated by cultural asset profiles. The results suggest that moderate levels of ethnic-racial assets may be more protective in the context of the foreigner objectification-distress association. What is the public significance of this article? This study tested whether different cultural asset profiles of ethnic-racial identity, American identity, and ethnic socialization protect U.S.-born Asian Americans from being treated as a perpetual foreigner. Treatment as a foreigner was related to negative psychological adjustment for all, but this relation was stronger for individuals with patterns of either higher or lower overall levels of cultural assets, compared with those with moderate levels.