| Asian Americans are commonly stereotyped in society based upon the Model Minority stereotype, which characterizes Asian Americans as intelligent, hard working, and academically successful (Wong, Lai, Nagasawa, and Lin, 1998).; Since no measure exists to date that represents all aspects of Asian American stereotypes, the purpose of this study is to develop the Internalization of Asian American Stereotypes Scale (IAASS), a measure that assesses the internalization of Asian American stereotypes. A total of 351 Asian American college students from university campuses across the nation were recruited to complete an online survey. The study consisted of three parts: (1) pilot study that examined the clarity in the wording of items, (2) main study in which a principal components analysis was conducted to extract components from the data, with demographic differences and reliability of the IAASS examined, and (3) an assessment of participants' social desirability response tendencies. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
