Asian Studies

Study: NFL has slightly more Latino, Asian players (The Kansas City Star)

29 Aug 2008

The NFL has kept a steady number of black head coaches, while slightly increasing the ranks of Asian and Latino players, earning a B+ in an annual diversity study Wednesday.

Suicide in Asian Americans (American Psychological Association)

28 Aug 2008

August 28, 2008 Asian Americans whose families experience a high degree of interpersonal conflict have a three-fold greater risk of attempting suicide when compared with Asian Americans overall, according to a new study by University of California, Davis, researchers. The risk is tripled even among those who have never had a diagnosis of...

Biracial Asian Americans and mental health (American Psychological Association)

28 Aug 2008

August 28, 2008 A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder (see also University of California - Davis).