2010/01/01 by E. J. R. David · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research #Cultural Differences and Values #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Colonialism #Psychology #Covert #Test (biology) #Association (psychology) #Mental health #Implicit-association test #Social psychology #Clinical psychology #Developmental psychology #Psychiatry #Psychotherapist #History
paper · doi:10.1037/a0018820
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Colonial mentality (CM) has been found to be an important factor for Filipino American mental health. However, the link between CM and mental health may be more complex and might be influenced by whether Filipino American individuals hold covert CM, overt CM, or both. Relatedly, although the Implicit Association Test has been used to capture the covert and automatic aspect of CM, suggesting that this component of CM is less amenable to accurate self-report and introspection, the validity of such a method and its ability to predict mental health variables has yet to be supported. Furthermore, the possibility that the link between overt CM and mental health may be dependent on the covert aspect of CM has yet to be empirically explored. Thus, I examined the construct validity and utility of the Colonial Mentality Implicit Association Test (CMIAT) as a measure of the covert aspect of CM and investigated the interactions between covert and overt CM in predicting mental health among a sample of 102 Filipino Americans. Results suggest that the CMIAT may be a valid and useful tool for capturing the covert and automatic component of CM and that covert CM may be moderating the link between overt CM and mental health. Implications for CM theory and for Filipino American mental health are discussed.