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Exploring the effect of in‐group and out‐group race‐related stressors on anxiety among A sian Pacific I slander A merican students
Author(s) -
French Sabine Elizabeth,
Tran Nellie,
Chávez Noé Rubén
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12028
Subject(s) - stereotype threat , conformity , stressor , psychology , social psychology , anxiety , race (biology) , stereotype (uml) , context (archaeology) , feeling , group (periodic table) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , gender studies , sociology , paleontology , psychiatry , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry
This cross‐sectional study examined (a) the impact of in‐group (own‐group conformity pressure) and out‐group (perceived discrimination, stereotype confirmation concern) race‐related stressors; (b) the direct effect of 2 in‐group‐ (private regard, centrality) and 1 out‐group‐oriented (public regard) racial identity factors; and (c) the potential protective role of these identity factors on the impact of stressors on the anxiety of A sian Pacific I slander A merican ( API ) college students attending a racially diverse university. A s predicted, positive feelings toward one's own racial group (i.e., private regard) had a significant negative relationship with anxiety. Private regard protected APIs from own‐group conformity pressures and stereotype confirmation concerns. Findings address the diverse university context that may create acculturative pressures or stereotype confirmation concern conditions.