Research/Scholarly Experience

My scholarly experiences closely mirror my clinical experiences. While in graduate school I started to become interested in how individuals go through many types of stressors (from daily to chronic) and finding ways to help them manage these experiences. In addition, I studied the unique cultural factors and experiences that many international student and BIPOC communities go through especially the Asian/Asian American population. These included topics such as acculturative stress, racism-related stress, and intergenerational cultural conflict. I have continued to engage in scholarly work and recently also conducted studies with colleagues (see below). I currently also serve as an Editorial Board member for the journal, The Counseling Psychologist.

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Publications:

Yang, M., Perez-Rojas, A. & Miller, M. J. (2024). The interplay of friendship stress, social support, and optimism 

on psychological distress in college students. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2304299. 

 

Kawamoto, A., Sheth, R.*, Yang, M.*, Sevig, T., & Demps, L. (2023). The Role of Self-Compassion among Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionists in University Students. The Counseling Psychologist, 51(1), 113-144. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000221129606
*Sheth and Yang are both second authors

Perez-Rojas, A. E., Choi, N., Yang, M., Bartholomew, T. T., & Perez, G. (2021). Suicide ideation among international students: The role of cultural, academic, and interpersonal factors. The Counseling Psychologist, 49 5), 673-700. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000211002458

Yang, M., Haydon, K. C., & Miller, M. J. (2013). Family intergenerational cultural conflict and social support in Asian and Asian American college student families. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 4(3), 193-200. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030966

Miller, M. J., Yang, M., Lim, R. H., Hui, K., Choi, N., Fan, X., Lin, L., Grome, R., Farrell, J. A., & Blackmon, X. (2012). A test of the domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis. Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 19(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030499

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Miller, M. J., Yang, M., Hui, K., Choi, N., & Lim, R. H. (2011). Acculturation, enculturation, and Asian American college students’ mental health and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 58(3), 346-357. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023636

 

Miller, M. J., Yang, M., Farrell, J. A., & Lin, L. (2011). Racial and cultural factors impacting the mental health of Asian Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 81, 489-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01118.x