Compared to other People of Color in the United States, Asian Americans are often seen as uninterested in activism. Furthermore, the widespread model minority myth (MMM) perpetuates the monolithic image of Asian Americans as successful in society and thus unaffected by racial oppression and uninterested in activism. Despite others' perceptions, Asian American college students have historically engaged in activist efforts and worked to reject the stereotypical views of their racial group as apolitical under the MMM. However, much remains to be learned about the consequences of the MMM on Asian American college students' perceptions and engagement in activism, and how such individuals make sense of the MMM and activism through interacting with their ecological contexts. Thus, the present study addresses this gap in the literature and is guided by the question: How do Asian American college students' perspectives and engagement in activism develop and operate in relation to the MMM? Using a constructivist grounded theory analytic approach, 25 Asian American college students participated in semistructured interviews, and our findings developed a grounded theory of how Asian American college students are embedded within micro- and macrolevel environments (e.g., familial, cultural, and societal contexts) that uphold the MMM and further shape how they make sense of and engage in activism. Results further revealed the consequences of the MMM as a legitimizing ideology on Asian American students' attitudes toward and involvement in challenging and/or reinforcing the status quo. Implications for future research and practice supporting Asian American activism and the broader pursuit for social justice are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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强化或挑战现状：关于模范少数族裔神话如何塑造亚裔美国激进主义的扎根理论。


与美国其他有色人种相比，亚裔美国人通常被认为对激进主义不感兴趣。此外，广泛传播的模范少数族裔神话（MMM）延续了亚裔美国人在社会上取得成功的单一形象，因此不受种族压迫的影响，对激进主义不感兴趣。尽管有其他人的看法，亚裔美国大学生历来都参与过积极的活动，并努力拒绝在 MMM 的领导下，他们的种族群体不关心政治的陈规定型观念。然而，关于 MMM 对亚裔美国大学生的认知和行动主义参与的影响，以及这些人如何通过与其生态环境的互动来理解 MMM 和行动主义，还有很多东西有待了解。因此，本研究解决了文献中的这一空白，并以以下问题为指导：亚裔美国大学生的观点和参与行动主义与 MMM 的关系如何发展和运作？使用建构主义扎根理论分析方法，25 名亚裔美国大学生参与了半结构化访谈，我们的研究结果形成了亚裔美国大学生如何融入微观和宏观环境（例如家庭、文化和社会背景）的扎根理论维护 MMM 并进一步塑造他们如何理解和参与激进主义。结果进一步揭示了 MMM 作为一种合法化意识形态对亚裔美国学生对挑战和/或强化现状的态度和参与的影响。讨论了支持亚裔美国激进主义和更广泛追求社会正义的未来研究和实践的意义。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。