Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Ethnic Differences for Main Study Variables

	Asian Americans (n = 116)			Caucasian Americans (n = 148)
Variable	M (SD)	Min	Max	M (SD)	Min	Max	F(1, 317)	Effect size (d)
Social anxiety
Fear of negative evaluation	20.34 (7.39)	8	39	18.67 (7.73)	8	39	3.14†	.22
Distress in new situations	17.65 (5.72)	6	30	16.07 (5.76)	6	30	4.91*	.28
General inhibition	8.03 (3.33)	4	18	7.57 (3.62)	4	17	ns	.13
Total	46.02 (14.41)	18	87	42.31 (14.75)	18	83	4.19*	.25
Emotion recognition task
Static face	34.79 (3.73)	24	41	36.32 (4.01)	13	42	9.96**	−.40
Audio	17.69 (2.97)	3	23	18.41 (2.72)	8	23	4.24*	−.25
Video	8.85 (2.04)	2	12	9.55 (1.51)	5	13	10.09**	−.39
Total	61.34 (6.31)	41	74	64.28 (5.64)	43	74	15.92**	−.49
Parental emotional control
Encourage modesty	2.17 (.96)	1	5	1.73 (.68)	1	4.3	19.16**	.53
Shaming/love withdrawal	2.66 (1.13)	1	5	2.07 (.92)	1	5	21.75**	.57
Loss of face	4.46 (.82)	2.1	6	4.11 (.97)	1.1	6.7	9.98**	.39
Self monitoring
Sensitivity to others	3.90 (.86)	1.3	5.7	4.26 (.83)	2.1	6	12.12**	−.43
Modification of self	3.56 (.64)	1.9	5.6	3.61 (.64)	1.4	4.9	ns	−.08
Total	3.72 (.63)	1.9	5.2	3.91 (.60)	2.3	5.2	6.20*	−.31

^†p < .10

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.