| Summary: | The purpose of this study is to examine how three factors are interrelated with Korean American college students' coping style: (1) Stress/Academic stress, (2) parenting style, and (3) acculturation. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationships between Korean American college students' (KACS) coping styles and their parental parenting style, academic stress, and acculturation. Participants were 126 KACS attending Korean American churches in New England.
The KACS completed the Coping Strategy Scale (COPE; Carver, Scheier, & Weintrab, 1989), Academic Expectation Stress Inventory (AESI; Ang & Huan, 2006), Parenting Authority Questionnaire (PAQ; Buri, 1991), Asian Values Scale (AVS; Kim, Atkinson, & Yang, 1999), and a demographic questionnaire. Study results reveal a significant relationship between KACS' maladaptive COPE, PAQ authoritarian parenting, and AVS scores. Limitations of this study, implications for counseling
practices, and recommendations for future research are also discussed.
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