APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

A Qualitative Study of Dialectical Thinking in Asian Americans’ Responses to Racial Discrimination

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Social

Session: Poster Session VI

Authors

Abstract

Thematic analyses of interviews with 32 Asian-American participants found that they engaged in dialectical thinking in response to racial discrimination. The results showed that participants  held conflicting beliefs in three areas: discrimination, cultural identity, and family dynamics.

Racism and Discrimination