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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED224848 AUTHOR: Chow, Esther Ngan Ling
TITLE: Acculturation and Self Concept of the Asian American
Women.
YEAR PUBLISHED: (1981)
NOTE: 35 p.; In: Reid, Pam, Ed., Puryear, Gwen, Ed.
Minority
Women: Social and Psychological Perspective. New York,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, forthcoming.
ABSTRACT: Acculturation and the development of positive
self concept among Asian American women are both
complicated by factors associated with their ethnicity and
gender. Physical differences, cultural barriers, and racial
and sex discrimination have made difficult the complete
assimilation of Asian females into American society.
Furthermore, failure to recognize sociocultural diversity
within Asian American groups has perpetuated the myth of
Asian American women's success, and has led to the
exclusion of Asian women as a whole from programs to aid
minorities and women. In developing self-concept, Asian
American women confront the problem of integrating often
conflicting Asian and American cultural elements. Sex
identity further complicates the process of self-concept
development, because sex roles may also conflict in Asian
and American cultures. In addition, Asian American women's
self-concept is shaped by others' negative perceptions and
stereotypes of them. Needed are both further research to
understand the determinants of Asian American women's
self-concept and policies that address the problem of
developing a new image for this group. (Author/MJL)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Influences; Cultural-Pluralism;
Educational-Attainment; Ethnic-Stereotypes; Identification
Psychology; Sex-Discrimination; Sex-Role;
Social-Influences;
Socioeconomic-Status
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Acculturation-; *Asian-Americans;
*Cultural-Differences; *Ethnicity-; *Females-;
*Self-Concept
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