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The Self Image of Chinese—American Adolescents: a Cross—Cultural Comparison

Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York, U.S.A.

Dorothy C.Y. Yang, M.D.

Stanley S. Lamm Institute for Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Long Island College Hospital Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

The aim of this study was to assess the self-concept of Chinese-American adolescents and then to compare them with standard samples of normal United States and Chinese adolescents. The instrument used to measure self-concept was the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ). As expected, the Chinese-American adolescent group very closely resembled the normal United States adolescent group and differed markedly from the normal Chinese adolescent group. The few areas in which the Chinese-American group significantly differed from their American peers, such as on the Sexual Attitudes Scale, appeared to be in a direction that was influenced by Chinese culture. The poorer adjustment shown on the Body and Self-Image scale by the Chinese-American adolescents points to the effect of racial stereotyping in the United States.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 32, No. 4, 19-26 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/002076408603200403


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