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DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! New Study Suggests Asian Americans Are In Emotional Limbo

A new psych study examining the role of happiness on the mental well-being of Asians, Asian Americans, and European Americans has been published in the aptly-named journal, Emotion. Led by University of Washington psychologist Janxin Leu and co-authored by UW grad students Jennifer Wang (my name doppelganger) and Kelly Koo, the study interviewed 633 college students–a mix of Asian immigrants, Asian Americans and European Americans–and asked them to rate how much stress and depression they felt as well as the intensity of their positive emotions, like serenity, joy, confidence and attentiveness.

Their research concluded that among European-American participants “there was a strong correlation showing that the more positive emotions they expressed, the less depression or stress they reported.”

For Asians born outside of the U.S. “there was no correlation between positive emotions and depression and stress” found, because Asians seemed to interpret and respond to positive emotions differently. Leu discovered that happiness led to a kind of paranoia among Asians. “Happiness signals that something bad will happen next; happiness is fleeting,” she said.

As for the third group, Asians born in the U.S., i.e. people like me–and many of you reading this–the study’s results weren’t so clear.

The University of Washington news release for the study states “the correlation [between positive emotions and depression and stress] was more subtle among Asian-Americans” than among European Americans. The TIME magazine report on the study says “results for U.S.-born Asian Americans were mixed.”

Happiness: Didn't we invent this shit?

Which sounds like a polite way of saying that Asian Americans are in emotional limbo, Continue reading DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! New Study Suggests Asian Americans Are In Emotional Limbo

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BIRTHDAY CELEBRASIAN! Tim Lincecum

Happy birthday to Tim Lincecum, pitcher for the SF Giants, who turned 26 this week!

Qualities to love about Lincecum:

1. Early career excellence

2. Pacific Northwest roots (What’s up, U Dub!)

3. He’s got a mean-ass fastball

4. Laugh lines, goofy grin, lanky stature

5. He’s got Angry Asian Man’s love (he’s a Giant after all, which stacks the deck in his favor). ‘Nuff said.

Time to celebrate with a nice microbrew and some fresh market seafood! Woot!

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Thanks, Bernadette!

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