The purpose of this questionnaire is to explore the adaptation experiences of first-generation Asian Americans. There are three parts to the questionnaire.

The first part of the questionnaire will ask about your demographic information

The second part of the questionnaire will ask about your CURRENT experiences living in the U.S.

The third part of the questionnaire will ask about your experiences when you ENTERED THE U.S.

The questionnaire should take no more than 20 minutes. It is anonymous, and no identifying experiences will be requested. Please answer all the items so we can complete the data set.

The investigators believe there is little or no risk to completing this questionnaire. One possible risk is that you feel uncomfortable when responding to some of the items. If you feel uncomfortable, you can skip the question, take a break, or stop taking the survey.

This study is being conducted by Jiwei Tang (jiweit@hawaii.edu) for his master’s thesis and is being supervised by Dr. Bryan Kim, Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (bryankim@hawaii.edu). If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Jiwei Tang or Bryan Kim.

This study has been approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the University of Hawaii. If you have any questions regarding your rights as a participant, you can contact the Committee at 808-956-5007 or uhirb@hawaii.edu. By completing this survey, you are providing informed consent.

In the next few pages, you’ll be asked to rate items about your experiences. Please respond to each item as honestly as possible and do not spend too much time on any one item.

Please click “next” to continue. Thank you.