The Impact of Exposure to Model Minority Myth on System Justifying Beliefs, Evaluation Apprehension, and Mental Distress Among Asian Americans

We examine the effect of the model minority myth (MMM) on mental distress in a sample of Asian Americans. We predict the relationship between MMM and distress to be negative for conservatives, which will be explained by increased system justification, but contrarily, positive for liberals, explained by increased evaluation apprehension.