Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
Research on Hmong Americans is limited even in relation to the most prevalent and excessively studied stereotype affecting Asian Americans: the model minority stereotype. The present studies investigated the relationship between the stereotype and students of Hmong descent. Data from 94 students in the first study indicated that belief in and endorsement of the stereotype is related to psychological well-being and achievement motivation. In Study 2, 98 students completed a 2 (prime) x 2 (fit) experimental study. Study 2 concluded that fit (whether or not a person fits the description of a “model minority”) influenced state self-esteem and state shame. There were no significant differences between females and males; however, slight differences existed between 1.5 and second-generation Hmong students.
Recommended Citation
Moua, Mai Youa, "The Relationship between Hmong American Students and the Model Minority Stereotype" (2009). Psychology Honors Projects. 16.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/psychology_honors/16
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Comments
I would like to thank Professors Kendrick T. Brown and Sun Y. No for assisting me on this project.