It is assumed that people seek positive self-regard; that is, they are motivated to possess,
enhance, and maintain positive self-views. The cross-cultural generalizability of such …

We focus our review on three universal tasks of human development: relationship formation,
knowledge acquisition, and the balance between autonomy and relatedness at …

In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so
dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen …

The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us
how to talk about race in America. Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see …

International students on the American college campus are a diverse and increasing
population whose unique concerns are traditionally overlooked. However, given the …

What does it mean to be an Asian-American in the United States today? Are Asian-
Americans considered" honorary whites" or forever thought of as" foreigners?" Mia Tuan …

This study was designed to examine the attitudes toward family obligations among over 800
American tenth (M age= 15.7 years) and twelfth (M age= 17.7 years) grade students from …

American ethnic groups are often thought of as discrete categories to which people belong
and that explain some aspects of psychological functioning. However, ethnicity is a complex …

This chapter explains a comprehensive critical analysis of the family-therapy training and
supervision literature. The family-therapy field in general has taken more of an appropriately …

According to the 2008 US Census, there are 15.5 million Asian Americans in the United
States, and 17% are students enrolled in a university (Shea & Yeh, 2008). Asian American …