PARTIAL CONTENTS:
PART ONE History and Current Status of Asian Americans
- An Overview
- The History of Asians in America
- Immigration Laws and Their Effects
PART TWO Stereotypes and the Model Minority Myth
- A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance
- Getting the Message: Media Images and Stereotypes and Their Effect on Asian Americans
- Asian Americans as a Model Minority: Self-Perceptions and Perceptions by Other Racial Groups
- When Positive Stereotypes Threaten Intellectual Performance: The Psychological Hazards of "Model Minority" Status
PART THREE Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism
- 2002 Audit of Violence against Asian Pacific Americans
- The Model Minority Myth and Perceptions of Asian-Americans as Victims of Racial Harassment
- Racism
- Internment and Intergenerational Relations
PART FOUR Worldviews and Cultural Values
- Individualism and Collectivism: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Self-Ingroup Relationships
- The Use of Culturally-Based Variables in Assessment: Studies on Loss of Face
- Asian Cultural Values and the Counseling Process: Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Research
- Don't Stand So Close to Me: The Effects of Self-Construal on Interpersonal Closeness
PART FIVE Acculturation and Enculturation
- Conceptual Approaches to Acculturation
- Is Acculturation Unidimensional or Bidimensional? A Head-to-Head Comparison in the Prediction of Personality, Self-Identity, and Adjustment
- A Qualitative Study of Adaptation Experiences of 1.5-Generation Asian Americans