Asian American Journal of Psychology, Vol 14(1), Mar 2023, 1-18; doi:10.1037/aap0000274
To advance the field of Asian American Psychology and in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Asian American Journal of Psychology, we provide a decade review of Models, Methods, and Measures used in the journal from 2010 to 2019. In terms of theoretical models, Leong and Brown’s cultural validity and cultural specificity approach are used to review the studies within Asian American Journal of Psychology (AAJP). The former is concerned with whether theoretical models developed with Western European American context are valid and useful for Asian Americans. The latter is focused on the indigenous models that have been developed specifically for Asian Americans or other racial and ethnic minority groups. The use of cross-sectional methods dominates our field, and there are future advantages in our expansion of longitudinal, intervention, focus groups, and case study methods. Additionally, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) ethnic specific and pan AAPI ethnicities methods help to test internal validity and external validity of our research generalizability and resulting conclusions. Cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of understudied and potentially higher risk age, AAPI ethnicities, and gender identities is also evident. In terms of measures, we used a functional framework to evaluate how researchers have operationalized their independent and dependent variables. Our review identified a strong tendency to investigate independent variables that were largely demographic in nature and to assess dependent variables that were largely focused on negative psychological conditions. This review ends with a discussion of the future challenges and directions for the journal with regard to models, methods, and measures. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)