Asian American coping attitudes, sources, and practices: Implications for indigenous counseling strategies

Coping attitudes, sources, and practices were assessed within and across a sample of Asian American college and graduate students from four ethnic gro ups: Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Indian (N = 470). We found that Asian A mericans tended to endorse coping sources and practices that emphasized tal king with familial and social relations rather than professionals such as c ounselors and doctors. Korean Americans were significantly more likely to c ope with problems by engaging in religious activities. Counseling implicati ons are discussed.