TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring moderators to understand the association between vertical collectivism and psychological well-being among Asian Canadian students
AU - Na, Sumin
AU - Spanierman, Lisa
AU - Lalonde, Christopher E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Master's Award to Sumin Na.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - First, the authors investigated the direct associations of vertical collectivism, ethnic identity exploration, and ethnic identity commitment with psychological well-being among first-generation Asian Canadian university students in Canada (n = 78). Second, to gain a more nuanced understanding of the association between vertical collectivism and well-being, the authors also examined potential moderating effects of ethnic identity and cultural conflict. Results indicated that ethnic identity exploration and vertical collectivism were inversely associated with psychological well-being, whereas ethnic identity commitment was positively associated with psychological well-being. Moreover, ethnic identity exploration significantly moderated the association between vertical collectivism and well-being, whereas ethnic identity commitment did not. Specifically, the authors found a buffering effect of ethnic identity exploration such that among individuals who reported high ethnic identity exploration, vertical collectivism was not associated with lower psychological well-being. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - First, the authors investigated the direct associations of vertical collectivism, ethnic identity exploration, and ethnic identity commitment with psychological well-being among first-generation Asian Canadian university students in Canada (n = 78). Second, to gain a more nuanced understanding of the association between vertical collectivism and well-being, the authors also examined potential moderating effects of ethnic identity and cultural conflict. Results indicated that ethnic identity exploration and vertical collectivism were inversely associated with psychological well-being, whereas ethnic identity commitment was positively associated with psychological well-being. Moreover, ethnic identity exploration significantly moderated the association between vertical collectivism and well-being, whereas ethnic identity commitment did not. Specifically, the authors found a buffering effect of ethnic identity exploration such that among individuals who reported high ethnic identity exploration, vertical collectivism was not associated with lower psychological well-being. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
KW - Asian Canadian students
KW - collectivism
KW - ethnic identity
KW - psychological well-being
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U2 - 10.1037/a0039992
DO - 10.1037/a0039992
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84955573525
SN - 1938-8926
VL - 10
SP - 288
EP - 300
JO - Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
JF - Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
IS - 3
ER -