Date of Award

1-1-2014

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology

Program

Counseling Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (x, 93 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Mryna L Friedlander

Committee Members

LaRae M Jome, Alex L Pieterse

Keywords

acculturation, Chinese immigrants, perceived discrimination, personality traits, social anxiety, Chinese, Chinese Americans, Immigrants, Social phobia

Subject Categories

Psychiatric and Mental Health

Abstract

Previous studies have documented that Asian immigrants tend to report higher levels of social anxiety than do their White American counterparts. However, little is known about the sources and predictors of social anxiety under the context of cultural change.

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