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Relationships Among Self-Concealment, Mindfulness and Negative Psychological Outcomes in Asian American and European American College Students

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Research on Asian Americans and their psychological adjustment is limited. Consisting of two cross-sectional studies, the present investigation examined the relationships among self-concealment, mindfulness, emotional distress in stressful interpersonal situations, and general psychological ill-health in Asian American college students, and in comparison with European American counterparts. In the Asian Americans, self-concealment was found to be positively related to general psychological ill-health and negatively related to mindfulness. In both ethnic groups, mindfulness was found to be negatively related to general psychological ill-health. Findings suggest that, as seen with European American counterparts, both self-concealment and mindfulness may be important concepts in understanding the psychological adjustments of Asian American college students.

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    Akihiko Masuda, Johanna W. Wendell, Ying-Yi Chou & Amanda B. Feinstein

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Masuda, A., Wendell, J.W., Chou, YY. et al. Relationships Among Self-Concealment, Mindfulness and Negative Psychological Outcomes in Asian American and European American College Students. Int J Adv Counselling 32, 165–177 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-010-9097-x

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