Being Asian American: identity, cultural constructs, and stereotype perception

Article Abstract:

The interplay between individualist and collectivist orientations, ethnic identity, and beliefs about stereotypes was explored among Asian Americans. The authors proposed four components of Asian American Identity: feelings of interdependence with family, a sense of connectedness to heritage and tradition, a belief that achievement would reflect well on one's family and group generally, and an awareness of structural barriers and racism. A sample of 162 Asian American university students perceived stereotypes about Asian Americans as focusing primarily on school achievement and secondarily on social attributes. Although rarely engaging in strategies to avoid being academically labeled, students engaged in strategies to avoid labeling in other domains. Students varied in their valuation of the model minority label, with those high in Asian American Identity, collectivism, and work ethic more likely to view the label positively. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Social aspects, Ethnicity, Asian Americans, Asian American students

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Gender identities and social action: Arab and Jewish women in Israel

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Gender identity is a salient identity for a fifth of Jewish respondents and a quarter of Arab respondents in a sample of Israeli women. However, it is not as salient as are collectivistic identities (i.e., Jewish/Arab identities, Israeli/Palestinian identities) or even the individualistic identities of family and profession. This study shows that the meaning of gender identity differs for Jewish and Arab women. For Jewish women, a salient gender identity reflects a departure from traditional roles and the weakening of their hold. For Arab women, a salient gender identity seems to be related to the traditional gendered division of labor. The findings seem to indicate that a salient gender identity may have two opposing meanings: a traditional meaning or a nontraditional (or egalitarian) meaning. Women have to move away from (or relinquish) traditional gender identities before they can develop a liberal gender identity. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Gender identity, Palestinian Arabs, Women, Jewish, Jewish women

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Spirits at work in the promised land: ethnic identity, work-related risk factors, and drinking behavior among Israeli Jews

Article Abstract:

Despite the fact that ethnicity has been at the core of sociologically driven studies of alcoholism for decades, researchers examining the role of the workplace in the etiology of alcohol problems have yet to incorporate this factor into their theories. In this article, the authors investigate how the notion of ethnic identity might be infused into existing perspectives regarding the link between work-related risk factors and alcohol problems. On the basis of an examination of a theoretical sample of 58 recovering Israeli alcoholics, the findings suggest that ethnic identity may play an important role in shaping both the perception of and responses to alcohol-related workplace risk factors such as stress and alienation. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Psychological aspects, Risk factors, Employee alcoholism, Jews, Work environment, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Drinking (Alcoholic beverages), Alcohol use

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