Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2013.

Abstract

This 2014 review of Asian American psychology is the sixth review in the series. It includes 316 articles that met the inclusion criteria established by the past five annual reviews. Featured articles were derived from three sources: 137 were generated via the search term "Asian American" in PyscINFO, 111 were generated via a search for specific Asian American ethnic groups, and 32 were generated via author searches of articles that met the inclusion criteria. The top primary topic was health and health-related behaviors, the most frequently employed study design was crosssectional, and the most studied Asian American ethnic group was Chinese. This year's review includes information on the target population of the primary topic, the age range and developmental period of participants, and whether the study design was cross-sectional or longitudinal. It also identifies top authors and journals contributing to the 2014 annual review. These new features reveal that the most common target population of the primary topic was Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to Su Yeong Kim, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, 108 E Dean Keeton St., Stop A2702, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. su.yeong.kim@utexas.edu. HHS Public Access Author manuscriptAsian Am J Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 December 01. Published in final edited form as:Asian Am J Psychol. 2015 December ; 6(4): 291-332. doi:10.1037/aap0000031. Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript youths; studies most commonly included emerging adults ages 18-25; cross-sectional study design was employed more often than longitudinal design; the top contributor to the 2014 review was Stephen Chen, who authored the highest number of papers included; and the Asian American Journal of Psychology generated the highest number of publications for this review. Keywords review; Asian Americans, 2014The annual review of Asian American psychology facilitates a comprehensive, year-to-year understanding of the field by summarizing the major research topics and methodology used in Asian American psychology. Comparison of multiple annual reviews reveals past, current, and emerging trends. Illuminating these trends can be informative for new and experienced scholars alike, who can utilize the reviews to synthesize past and current research. This will help them identify emerging trends in order to plan future research that will make a meaningful contribution to scholarship on Asian American psychology. The present annual review uses the format established by the past five annual reviews, with the addition of new features for future annual reviews to consider. Like past reviews, the current issue presents major trends by primary topic, methodological design, and participant characteristics (e.g., average age and ethnicity). This review contributes a developmental perspective by including age range and developmental period in our categorization of participants, and by considering cross-...

Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2014.

“…As in previous reviews (Juan et al, 2012; B. S. K. Kim et al, 2010; Okazaki et al, 2011; Wei et al, 2014), parenting practices and family relationships continued to be the main focus of studies on families ( n = 13). Consistent with B.…”

“…S. K. Kim et al, 2010; Okazaki et al, 2011; Wei et al, 2014; Yeh et al, 2013), health and health-related behaviors was the most frequently studied topic in 2014. A total of 85 articles focused primarily on this topic.…”

“…S. K. Kim et al, 2010; Okazaki, Kassem, & Tan, 2011; Wei et al, 2014; Yeh et al, 2013). We used EBSCO PsycINFO to conduct our initial search for articles to include.…”

“…Following resolution of the discrepancies of the articles' coding, we categorized them into five domains: (a) topic area, (b) research design, (c) participant characteristics, (d) target population of the primary topic, and (e) age range/developmental period; these are found in Tables 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Congruent with the methodology of previous reviews, we assigned each article a primary topic “…based on the article’s conceptual model, research questions and hypotheses, results, and discussion” (Wei et al, 2014, p. 270). We used the same topic areas reported in Wei et al’s (2014) review, which were accumulated from past reviews; however, we changed the “Measurement” topic introduced in Wei et al’s (2014) review to “Measurement and methodology,” and we added a new topic called “Cognition,” which is derived from Wei et al’s (2014) cognitive processing subtopic under “Miscellaneous.” Similar to Yeh et al’s (2013) and Wei et al’s (2014) reviews, we coded solely for the primary topic (rather than coding for both a primary and a secondary topic, which was the approach utilized in Okazaki et al’s (2011) and Juan et al’s (2012) reviews).…”

“…S. K. Kim et al, 2010; Wei et al, 2014; Yeh et al, 2013). The authors of the present review, on the other hand, represent the field of developmental psychology.…”