The Relation of Acculturation, Social Support, Alienation, and Psychological Distress Among Asian American College Students

This study concerns the acculturation experiences of Asian American college students with respect to psychological distress. Variables of social support and alienation were identified to be additional variables of interest in fully understanding the relationship between acculturation and psychological distress. Acculturation was defined to be a two dimensional construct, composed of the Asian and American dimension, as operationalized by the Acculturation Scale for Asians. A strong relationship was indicated between social support, alienation, and psychological distress. The results indicate extremely high levels of psychological distress and its close relationship to social support and alienation. Asian and American dimensions of acculturation failed to demonstrate similar degrees of relationship to psychological distress.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Kim, Amanda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Harmon, Lenore W.

• Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3017118

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79593