Asian-American men's acculturation and gender-role conflict

Psychol Rep. 1996 Aug;79(1):95-104. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.1.95.

Abstract

There is limited research on Asian-Americans' acculturation and conflicts with contemporary gender roles. This research assessed three samples of Asian-American men's acculturation and gender-role conflict. Differences between Chinese-American, Japanese-American, and Korean-American men's acculturation and the four patterns of gender-role conflict were analyzed. The relationship of demographic and acculturation variables to gender-role conflict was also calculated. Subjects (N = 125) were administered a demographic questionnaire, the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-identity Acculturation Scale, and the Gender-role Conflict Scale. Multivariate analysis of variance showed no differences between the Asian-American groups on acculturation and the four patterns of gender-role conflict. A canonical correlation analysis indicated one significant variate connecting acculturation with two patterns of issues of gender-role conflict: success, power, and competition and restrictive emotionality. Methodological limitations and research are mentioned.

MeSH terms

  • Acculturation
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Asian / psychology*
  • Conflict, Psychological*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Role*
  • Sex*
  • United States / ethnology