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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sumie Okazaki is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a notable focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology, and Safety Research.

Their work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Education Systems and Policy

Some recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Sumie Okazaki include:

  • Disaggregating the data: Diversity of COVID-19 stressors, discrimination, and mental health among Asian American communities, 2022, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Advancing Research Within Asian American Psychology Using Asian Critical Race Theory and an Asian Americanist Perspective, 2021, Journal of Humanistic Psychology
  • Individual variations in stress response to racial microaggressions among Asian Americans, 2020, Asian American Journal of Psychology
  • What is career success? A new Asian American psychology of working, 2021, American Psychologist
  • A cognitive script perspective on how early caregiving experiences inform adolescent peer relationships and loneliness: A 14-year longitudinal study of Chinese families, 2024, Developmental Science

Sumie Okazaki has frequently published in venues such as:

  • PsycEXTRA Dataset
  • New York University Press eBooks
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Journal of Humanistic Psychology
  • Developmental Science

Their collaborations include frequent coauthors such as:

  • Nancy Abelmann
  • Aakriti Prasai
  • Doris F. Chang
  • Christina Seowoo Lee
  • Nari Yoo

Sumie Okazaki was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Asian-American educational achievements: A phenomenon in search of an explanation.

    Stanley Sue;Sumie Okazaki

  • Self-concealment, social self-efficacy, acculturative stress, and depression in African, Asian, and Latin American international college students.

    Madonna G. Constantine;Sumie Okazaki;Shawn O. Utsey

  • Sources of ethnic differences between Asian American and white American college students on measures of depression and social anxiety.

    Sumie Okazaki

  • The What, the Why, and the How: A Review of Racial Microaggressions Research in Psychology

    Gloria Wong;Annie O. Derthick;E. J. R. David;Anne Saw

  • Methodological issues in assessment research with ethnic minorities.

    Sumie Okazaki;Stanley Sue

  • Influences of culture on Asian Americans' sexuality.

    Sumie Okazaki

  • Colonial mentality: A review and recommendation for Filipino American psychology

    E. J. R. David;Sumie Okazaki

  • Unidimensional versus multidimensional approaches to the assessment of acculturation for Asian American populations.

    Jennifer Abe-Kim;Sumie Okazaki;Sharon G. Goto

  • Bicultural self-efficacy among college students: Initial scale development and mental health correlates.

    E. J. R. David;Sumie Okazaki;Anne Saw

  • A Qualitative Investigation of the Cultural Adjustment Experiences of Asian International College Women.

    Madonna G. Constantine;Mai Kindaichi;Sumie Okazaki;Kathy A. Gainor

  • The Colonial Mentality Scale (CMS) for Filipino Americans: Scale Construction and Psychological Implications

    E. J. R. David;Sumie Okazaki

  • Asian American and White American Differences on Affective Distress Symptoms Do Symptom Reports Differ Across Reporting Methods

    Sumie Okazaki

  • Attitudes toward mental health services: Age-group differences in Korean American adults

    Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Sumie Okazaki

  • Colonialism and Psychology of Culture

    Sumie Okazaki;E. J. R. David;Nancy Abelmann

  • Social and Emotional Parenting: Mothering in a Changing Chinese Society

    Niobe Way;Sumie Okazaki;Jing Zhao;Joanna J. Kim

  • Asian American Mental Health: Assessment Theories And Methods

    Karen S. Kurasaki;Sumie Okazaki;Stanley Sue

  • Impact of Racism on Ethnic Minority Mental Health

    Sumie Okazaki

  • Opposite Ends of the Same Stick? Multi-Method Test of the Dimensionality of Individualism and Collectivism

    Vas Taras;Riikka Sarala;Paul Muchinsky;Markus Kemmelmeier

  • Gender, family, and community correlates of mental health in South Asian Americans.

    Nausheen Masood;Sumie Okazaki;David T. Takeuchi

  • Asian American-White American differences in expressions of social anxiety: A replication and extension

    Sumie Okazaki;Joyce F. Liu;Sandra L. Longworth;Janice Y. Minn

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley Sue
Stanley Sue Palo Alto University
Frederick T. L. Leong
Frederick T. L. Leong Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Anna S. Lau
Anna S. Lau University of California, Los Angeles
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall University of Oregon
Madonna G. Constantine
Madonna G. Constantine Columbia University
Niobe Way
Niobe Way New York University
Ying-yi Hong
Ying-yi Hong Chinese University of Hong Kong
Xinyin Chen
Xinyin Chen University of Pennsylvania
Richard M. Lee
Richard M. Lee University of Minnesota
David A. Chiriboga
David A. Chiriboga University of South Florida

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