Self-Construal, Mental Distress, and Family Relations: A Mediated Moderation Analysis With Asian American Adolescents

The interactive effects between interdependent and independent self-construal on family cohesion and mental distress were examined. Survey responses from 153 Asian American high school students supported the hypothesized moderation of interdependence by independence on family cohesion, which was fou...

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Published in:Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2007-04, Vol.13 (2), p.134-142
Main Authors: Liu, Freda F, Goto, Sharon G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Attitudes
Analysis of Variance
Asian Americans
Asian Americans - ethnology
Asians
Biculturalism
Concept Formation
Distress
Ethnic Groups
Family Relations
Female
Group Cohesion
High School Students
Human
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Los Angeles - epidemiology
Male
Self Concept
Stress
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Students
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Summary:The interactive effects between interdependent and independent self-construal on family cohesion and mental distress were examined. Survey responses from 153 Asian American high school students supported the hypothesized moderation of interdependence by independence on family cohesion, which was found to further mediate the relationship between self-construal and mental distress. Specifically, interdependence was positively associated with family cohesion when independence was high and negatively associated with family cohesion when independence was low. Accounting for the mediator effects of family cohesion, mental distress was positively associated with interdependence and more so for those low on independence than those high on independence. The benefits of biculturalism and research implications for the bidimensional conceptualization of self-construal for ethnic minority populations are discussed.
ISSN:1099-9809
1939-0106
DOI:10.1037/1099-9809.13.2.134