TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Emotion expressivity, suicidal ideation, and explanatory factors: differences by Asian American subgroups compared with White emerging adults
JO  - Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology
A1  - Polanco-Roman, Lillian
A1  - Ahmad, Khadijah
A1  - Tigershtrom, Ashley
A1  - Jacobson, Colleen
A1  - Miranda, Regina
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The relationship between emotion expressivity and psychological symptoms varies by race/ethnicity, and reduced expression of emotions has been implicated in risk for suicidal ideation. The present study examined differences in the relation between emotion expressivity and suicidal ideation through well-documented correlates of suicide risk (i.e., hopelessness, depressive symptoms) among Asian American subgroups compared with White emerging adults. <br><br>METHOD: A sample of 829 emerging adults, Ages 18 to 28 years, identifying as Asian American (27% East Asian, 18% South Asian, 11% Southeast Asian) or White (44%) completed measures of emotion expressivity, hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. <br><br>RESULTS: Lower emotion expressivity was statistically associated with higher levels of suicidal ideation, via hopelessness and depressive symptoms, among White, East Asian, and South Asian American emerging adults, but not among Southeast Asian Americans, though this difference in mediation was not statistically significant. <br><br>CONCLUSION: A focus on Asian Americans as a homogenous group occludes important ethnic differences in the relation between emotion expressivity and vulnerability to suicidal ideation. Ethnic differences in the function of emotion expressivity should be considered in suicide prevention and interventions among Asian American emerging adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1099-9809
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000313
ID  - ref1
ER  -