Journal of Counseling Psychology
Volume 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 560-569

Male asian international students' perceived racial discrimination, masculine identity, and subjective masculinity stress: A moderated mediation model (Article)

Wong Y.J.* , Tsai P.-C. , Liu T. , Zhu Q. , Wei M.
  • a Counseling and Educational Psychology Department, Indiana University Bloomington, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, United States
  • c Counseling and Educational Psychology Department, Indiana University Bloomington, United States
  • d Department of Psychology and Research in Education, University of Kansas, United States
  • e Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, United States

Abstract

This study examined male Asian international college students' perceptions of racial discrimination, subjective masculinity stress, centrality of masculine identity, and psychological distress by testing a moderated mediation model. Participants were 160 male Asian international college students from 2 large public universities. Participants' perceived racial discrimination was positively related to their subjective masculinity stress only at high (but not low) levels of masculine identity centrality. Additionally, subjective masculinity stress was positively related to psychological distress, although this association was stronger among those who reported high levels of masculine identity centrality. The authors also detected a moderated mediation effect in which subjective masculinity stress mediated the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and psychological distress only at high (but not low) levels of masculine identity centrality. These findings contribute to the counseling psychology literature by highlighting the connections between race- and gender-related stressors as well as the relevance of masculine identity to an understanding of men's mental health. © 2014 American Psychological Association.

Author Keywords

Subjective masculinity stress Masculine identity international discrimination Asian

Index Keywords

Social Values depression social psychology complication human Asia Asian continental ancestry group Stress, Psychological mental stress international cooperation ethnology gender identity United States student Young Adult Humans racism psychology Adolescent male Acculturation adjustment disorder questionnaire cultural factor Questionnaires adult International Educational Exchange Students Adjustment Disorders suicidal ideation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84925847383&doi=10.1037%2fcou0000038&partnerID=40&md5=9160fd81ee65adb9fc84e3e95358bd7f
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000038
ISSN: 00220167
Cited by: 20
Original Language: English