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This chapter examines the mental health issues of Asian American adults from two perspectives. First, there is a focus on prejudice and discrimination, acculturative stress, and family conflict as major challenges to psychological adjustment and mental health. Second, psychosocial factors that contribute to resilience in Asian American adults are discussed, specifically, cultural values, family, religious and community institutions, and ethnic identity.
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Work on this chapter was supported by the Asian American Center on Disparities Research (National Institute of Mental Health grant: 1P50MH073511-01A2).
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Meyer, O., Dhindsa, M., Zane, N. (2012). Psychology of Asian American Adults: Challenges and Strengths. In: Chang, E., Downey, C. (eds) Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0424-8_10
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