Asian Americans and Affirmative Action—UNC Amicus Brief

Amicus brief: Kumho Tire v. Carmichael.

Asians, Asian-Americans and alcohol.

The association of flushing (vasodilation, reddening of the skin) with the alcohol use of Asians and Asian-Americans is examined. Historical changes in alcohol use, recent secular changes in alcohol use, and marked differences in consumption among Asian populations and among Asian-Americans of the same national origins, as well as the lack of reduction of sex differences among flushers, indicat...

Brief Amicus Curiae in Robert Baxter versus State of Montana.

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Depression and emotional reactivity: variation among Asian Americans of East Asian descent and European Americans.

Studies of Western samples (e.g., European Americans [EAs]) suggest that depressed individuals tend to show diminished emotional reactivity (J. G. Gehricke & A. J. Fridlund, 2002; G. E. Schwartz, P. L. Fair, P. Salt, M. R. Mandel, & G. L. Klerman, 1976a, 1976b). Do these findings generalize to individuals oriented to other cultures (e.g., East Asian cultures)? The authors compared the emotional...

The expression of depression in Asian Americans and European Americans.

Past studies of the expression of depression in people of Asian descent have not considered whether observed ethnic differences in somatization or psychologization are a function of differences in the expression of the disorder or of group differences in the degree of depressive symptomatology. In the present study, we carried out χ(2) and Item Response Theory (IRT) analyses to examine ethnic d...