Understanding Asian American College Students’ Suicidal Behavior: Qualitative Study

Examining East Asian American College Students' Mental Health Help-Seeking

This study examined underutilization of mental health services by East Asian American (EAA) college students and the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at increasing mental health outcomes. The literature presents discrepant findings of whether behavioral or values based acculturation measures were more predictive of mental health outcomes. Previous researchers have also identified cultural...

Asian and European American cultural values and communication styles among Asian American and European American college students.

The present study examined the relationships between adherence to Asian and European cultural values and communication styles among 210 Asian American and 136 European American college students. A principal components analysis revealed that, for both Asian Americans and European Americans, the contentious, dramatic, precise, and open styles loaded onto the first component suggesting low context...

Suicidal and depressive feelings among college students.

Human Papillomavirus: A Qualitative Study of Korean American Female College Students' Attitudes Toward Vaccination
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BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have the potential to reduce Korean American women's high burden of cervical cancer, but information is limited about their awareness of HPV and its vaccine.
. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore Korean American female college students' awareness of and attitudes toward HPV vaccination.
. METHODS A qualitative descriptive study was used. Fiv...

Perceptions of emotional eating behavior. A qualitative study of college students.

Approximately one-third of college students are overweight or obese and the average student gains 5 kg during college. Previous research has identified a relationship between emotional eating and weight gain in young adults, but outside the realm of eating disorders, few studies qualitatively capture why individuals cope with emotions by eating. Exploratory qualitative research was conducted, i...