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Psychology

Theses/Dissertations

2013

HIM 1990-2015

Anxiety; Culture; Heterosocial; Women

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Examining Heterosocial And Social Anxiety In Pakistani American And European American Women A Comparative Analysis, Zehra Mirza May 2013

Examining Heterosocial And Social Anxiety In Pakistani American And European American Women A Comparative Analysis, Zehra Mirza

HIM 1990-2015

Also, a lower level of heterosocial anxiety was found to be negatively correlated with assimilation to U.S culture, which may have attributed to less heterosocial iv anxiety was found to be negatively correlated with assimilation to U.S culture, which may have attributed to less heterosocial anxiety in Pakistani women.; This present study will examine the psychopathology of Pakistani American females through the context of cultural means. Research in the past has shown that Asian Americans report higher levels of distress as well as higher levels of anxiety relative to their European American counterparts. Thus, social anxiety may manifest itself differently …