To look at Maxine Hong Kingston's novel "China Men" for its mythic aspects is to overlook the fact that it is a novel about work and class. It condemns a patriarchal capitalist world that exploits both male and female workers and dissects the gender and race issues uncovered by such exploitation. (SLD)

Using an experimental design, the attitudes of White student services practitioners toward Asian Americans were explored. Results of this study indicated that attitudes toward Asian Americans significantly differed in a positive direction when compared to attitudes toward people in situations where race was not identified. Suggestions for practice…

Examined the relationship between language spoken at home and school and health risks and behaviors of Asian American adolescents. Data from the World Health Organization Study of Health Behavior in School Children indicated increased risk for physical, psychosocial, and school health problems among these students. The risks were greater for the…

Reliability and validity of the Orthogonal Cultural Identification Scale (OCIS) were evaluated in a sample of Asian American university students. Ethnic identification, measured using the OCIS, and acculturation, measured using the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale are hypothesized to measure related but separate constructs.…

This article describes the barriers to Asian Americans' ability to use health care services and analyzes the reasons for the health care system's inability to respond to their needs. Finally, it urges social work to contribute to the system's responsiveness and suggests approaches to social work intervention with and on behalf of Asian Americans.…

A total of 596 Asian American college students responded to a survey investigating the relationship between acculturation and help-seeking. Results indicated that students who were less identified with the majority culture indicated higher likelihood of seeking help from community elders, religious leaders, student organizations, and church…

Examined Gottfredson's theory of career circumscription and compromise with 52 male and 97 female Asian-American college students. Found that there were changes in subjects' preferences for occupational sex type and prestige from early years into adolescent life periods. Sex type was more likely to be compromised than prestige in career choice…

Introduces seven essays on Ronald Takaki's "Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans." Opinion is divided as to the book's merits in terms of its content, organization, and research methodology. Two responses by Mr. Takaki are included. (DM)

Commends the book as a general introduction. Finds, however, that much of the material is secondary, with insufficient attribution. The book's coverage of the postwar period is largely anecdotal and does not record the recent emergence of ethnic and political consciousness, community organization, and artistic expression among Asian Americans. (DM)

Replies to every criticism in the foregoing essays of Ling-chi Wang, Elaine Kim, and Sucheng Chan. Endorses Chan's call for more in-depth research. Explains that the size of the book and the number of sources prevented closer annotation in the first edition. (DM)

Used ethnographic participant-observation research methodology to determine human services available through three Buddhist mutual assistance associations for Southeast Asian refugees living in Midwest. Found that Buddhism was linked to both traditional lifestyle and current efforts to overcome effects of war and trauma. Identified physical,…

Identifies the unique issues of Thai Americans as a cultural minority in the United States. Proposes ways of understanding and responding to Thai-American clients and recommends strategies for working more effectively with these clients. (Author)

Data from the Collaborative Perinatal Project analyzed for a subsample of 100 Asian Americans showed a higher IQ for the Asian American sample at age 7, and larger cranial capacity at birth, 4 months, 1 year, and 7 years as compared to Whites and Blacks. Socioeconomic status related to cranial capacity and IQ scores, but not stature or weight.…

Asian Americans (n=182) and European Americans (n=235) completed Crites Career Maturity Inventory and the Self-Construal Scale; Asian Americans also completed an acculturation scale. Asian Americans exhibited less mature career choices; highly acculturated Asian Americans and those with lower interdependent self-construal were similar to European…

Investigates the perceptions and experiences of school counselors with Asian-American students. Examines the variation of counseling techniques between Asian-Americans and White-Americans and differences in counseling strategies. Discusses implications for cultural-based counseling techniques. (Contains 49 references and 1 table.) (GCP)