@article{ref1,
title="Status‐Based Rejection Sensitivity Among Asian Americans: Implications for Psychological Distress",
journal="Journal of personality",
year="2008",
author="Chan, Wayne and Mendoza‐Denton, Rodolfo",
volume="76",
number="5",
pages="1317-1346",
abstract="ABSTRACT       We examined whether anxious expectations of discrimination among Asian Americans can help explain this group's elevated levels of internalizing symptomatology, such as lower self-esteem (Twenge & Crocker, 2002) and higher depressive symptoms (Okazaki, 1997, 2002) relative to European Americans. Study 1 reports on the development and validation of a scale measuring status-based rejection sensitivity among Asian Americans (RS-A). In Study 2, scores on the RS-A were related to spontaneous discrimination attributions specifically in situations where discrimination is both applicable and possible for Asian Americans. Study 3 revealed that shame mediated the relationship between RS-A and internalizing symptomatology. Implications for well-being and intergroup interactions are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-3506",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00522.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00522.x"
}