Asian American Women's Retrospective Reports of Their Sexual Socialization

Kim, Janna L.

doi:10.1177/036168430903300308

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“…This model posits that adolescents/young adults in immigrant families are likely to engage in the acculturative process to a greater degree than other family members (e.g., parents and grandparents), resulting in discrepancies between familial and child values, as well as possible rejection of familial values by children/adolescents (Kim, 2009). Immigrant adolescents/young adults may also engage in problem behaviors as a way to rebel against familial authority and gain peer acceptance (Thai, Connell, & Tebes, 2010).…”

Section: Ethnic Differences In Sexual Victimization and Health Risk Bmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Risk Behavior and Sexual Assault Among Ethnically Diverse Women

Littleton

Grills‐Taquechel

Buck

et al. 2012

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Sexual assault is associated with a number of health risk behaviors in women. It has been hypothesized that these risk behaviors, such as hazardous drinking, may represent women's attempts to cope with psychological distress, such as symptoms of depression and anxiety. However, extant research has failed to evaluate these relationships among ethnic minority samples or identify the mechanisms responsible for this association. The current study examined sexual assault history and two health risk behaviors (hazardous drinking and engaging in sexual behavior to regulate negative affect) in a diverse sample of 1,620 college women. Depression and anxiety were examined as mediators of the relationship between sexual assault and health risk behaviors. There was evidence of moderated mediation, such that for European American women, but not for ethnic minority women, both forms of psychological distress were significant mediators of the sexual assault/hazardous drinking relationship. In contrast, among all ethnic groups, the relationship between sexual assault and both forms of psychological distress was mediated by the use of sexual behavior as an affect regulation strategy. Results support a need to evaluate the assault experiences of ethnically diverse women, as well as the impact of the assault on their postassault experiences including health risk behaviors and psychological adjustment. Additionally, results suggest that practitioners should carefully assess health risk behaviors among victims of sexual assault and be aware that there may be differences in the risk factors and motives for these behaviors among women of various ethnic backgrounds.

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Section: Ethnic Differences In Sexual Victimization and Health Risk Bmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Risk Behavior and Sexual Assault Among Ethnically Diverse Women

Littleton

Grills‐Taquechel

Buck

et al. 2012

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…Missing or incorrect data hinder development or revision of national policies because they fail to accurately depict Asian Americans’ HIV risks (Sabato & Silverio, 2009). All of the social and cultural gaps that we explained in this article (i.e., language barriers, taboo of sexual issues, racial/ethnicity data invisibility, and misclassification of Asian Americans) contribute to the underreporting of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among Asian Americans in the United States (Kim, 2009; Okazaki, 2002). And underreporting impedes development of effective public health policies.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Maintaining their heritage cultural norms and language has created barriers for Asian Americans seeking and receiving health care (Kim & Keefe, 2010). In addition, with regard to holding conservative views on sexual communication, in 2009, 70% of Asian American youth reported never having spoken about sexual topics (Kim, 2009).…”

Section: Socio-cultural Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Invisible Minority: HIV Prevention Health Policy for the Asian American Population

Kim

Aronowitz

2019

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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There has been a 72% increase in the Asian American population from approximately 12 million in 2000 to 21 million in 2015. By 2050, there will be 33.4 million Asian Americans living in the United States, making this population the most rapidly growing ethnic group in the country. There is a myth that Asian Americans are a model conservative minority group in terms of sexual behavior and safe sexual practices and are not at risk of sexually transmitted infections including HIV. However, they are the only ethnic group in the United States that had a continuous increase in HIV infection rates from 4.9 per 100,000 in 2011 to 5.5 per 100,000 in 2016. Due to state and national methods of data collection for race and ethnicity with regard to sexually transmitted infection and HIV, the Asian American population's data are often limited. The purpose of this article is to identify the potential historical and political reasons why the Asian American population's HIV or sexual risk has not been fully documented and to propose potential health policy solutions.

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“…If Asians view sex offending as a non-Asian/American issue, then they may seek to insulate their communities by rejecting SOs from their neighborhoods. Asian Americans also report little discussion of sexuality during adolescence (Kim & Ward, 2007), which may lead them to view SOs more harshly (Kim, 2009). As Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States (U.S.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Turning a Blind Eye: Public Support of Emergency Housing Policies for Sex Offenders

2017

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In this study, we examine the influences of citizen decision making in the context of four policy scenarios that would affect the living conditions of sex offenders (SOs) residing at an "emergency shelter" budget motel. We surveyed 773 citizens in an online survey about their support for four policy scenarios that would improve the living conditions of SOs: (a) at no cost to the respondent, (b) in exchange for a US$100 tax increase, and (c) by relocating SOs within the respondent's neighborhood (i.e., "in my backyard"/IMBY scenario). The fourth scenario involved moving nearby SOs into substandard housing located far away from the respondent (i.e., "not in my backyard"/NIMBY). While prior research finds that the public overwhelmingly supports punitive SO policies, we find that indifference is a mainstay of public opinion about improving SO housing conditions. That is, we find only modest levels of average support for any of the policy scenarios, and policy support decreased when increased taxes would be involved, compared with a "no cost" scenario. While no respondent characteristics significantly predicted policy support consistently across all four scenarios, some scenarios showed stark differences in support when considering specific respondent characteristics. Overall, these results suggest that what does affect support depends on the details of the policy being proposed, as well as who is considering the policy. We end by discussing the policy implications of our study for both policymakers and the public.

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Asian American Women's Retrospective Reports of Their Sexual Socialization

Cited by 42 publications

References 57 publications

Health Risk Behavior and Sexual Assault Among Ethnically Diverse Women

Health Risk Behavior and Sexual Assault Among Ethnically Diverse Women

Invisible Minority: HIV Prevention Health Policy for the Asian American Population

Turning a Blind Eye: Public Support of Emergency Housing Policies for Sex Offenders

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