Asian Americans - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Vietnamese-American women underutilize breast cancer screening. DESIGN: An RCT was conducted comparing the effect of lay health workers (LHWs) and media education (ME) to ME alone on breast cancer screening among these women. ... Read more...

ALDH2, ADH1B and alcohol expectancies: integrating genetic and learning perspectives.

30 Aug 2009 The present study evaluated associations of ALDH2 and ADH1B genotypes with alcohol expectancies and drinking behavior in a sample of Asian American young adults. In addition to assessing global alcohol expectancies, the authors developed a measure ... Read more...

Racial differences in motivators and barriers to blood donation among blood donors.

30 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: Nationally, African Americans are underrepresented in community blood donation programs. To increase blood donation by African Americans, differences between motivators and barriers to blood donation between races should be investigated. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Asian Americans - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach. 29 Sep 2009
• The paradox of indiscriminate multiculturalism. 30 Aug 2009
• ALDH2, ADH1B and alcohol expectancies: integrating genetic and learning perspectives. 30 Aug 2009
• Racial differences in motivators and barriers to blood donation among blood donors. 30 Aug 2009
• Downward social mobility and major depressive episodes among Latino and Asian-American immigrants to the United States. 9 Aug 2009
• Connecting and separating mind-sets: culture as situated cognition. 30 Jul 2009
• Korean american family postcaregivers on dementia caregiving: a phenomenological inquiry. 30 Jul 2009
• A prospective study of cigarette smoking initiation during college: Chinese and Korean American students. 29 Jun 2009
• Multiculturalism and subjective happiness as mediated by cultural and relational variables. 29 Jun 2009
• Testing a multiple mediation model of Asian American college students' willingness to see a counselor. 29 Jun 2009
• Simultaneously salient Chinese and American identities: an experience sampling study of self-complexity, context, and positive mood among Chinese young adults. 29 Jun 2009
• Gender, family, and community correlates of mental health in South Asian Americans. 29 Jun 2009
• Application to graduate psychology programs by undergraduate students of color: the impact of a research training program. 29 Jun 2009
• Daily family assistance and the psychological well-being of adolescents from Latin American, Asian, and European backgrounds. 29 Jun 2009
• Differences between white Americans and Asian Americans for social responsibility, individual right and intentions regarding organ donation. 29 Jun 2009
• When family means more (or less) than genetics: the intersection of culture, family and genomics. 29 Jun 2009
• Religious/spiritual and other adaptive coping strategies among Chinese American older immigrants. 29 Jun 2009
• Ethnic enclave resources and predictors of depression among Arizona's Korean immigrant elders. 29 Jun 2009
• Experiences of aging among immigrants from India to the United States: social work practice in a global context. 29 Jun 2009
• Glimpses of a one-speed mind: focus-switching and search for verbal and visual, and easy and difficult items in working memory. 21 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Asian Americans'

Definition: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.

Descriptor UI: D001213

Alternative terms: Asian Americans; American, Asian; Americans, Asian; Asian American; Japanese Americans; American, Japanese; Americans, Japanese; Japanese American; Korean Americans; American, Korean; Americans, Korean; Korean American; Chinese Americans; American, Chinese; Americans, Chinese; Chinese American;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.508.200.100; M01.686.754.225;

History Note: 81

Technical Notes: Asian includes Far East, Southeast Asia, & the Indian subcontinent; despite X refs specify NIM CHINA /ethnol, JAPAN /ethnol, KOREA/ethnol, or other Asiatic country with /ethnol when pertinent