Publications

* indicates equal contribution.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Yoon, E., Lee, J., Lippert, K., Choi, Y., & Park, M. (Accepted). Dual pathways of the internalized model minority myth as protection and pressure. The Counseling Psychologist.
  • Choi, Y., Choi, J., Park, M., Lee, S.Y., & Kim, K. (2026). The role of negative parenting on mental distress among South Korean youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 187, 109052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109052
  • Maglalang, D. D., Yoo, N., Park, M., Nicholson, Jr. H. L., Leon, C., Okazaki, S., & Chang, D. F. (2026). COVID-19 Racial Discrimination and Substance Use among Asian Americans by Gender. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-026-03028-5
  • Yoo, N., Rodwin, A., Park, M., Youm, S., & Jang S. H. (2026). Emotional Expression and Mental Health Support in BTS Fandom Communities: A Natural Language Processing Study on YouTube Comments. JMIR Infodemiology. https://doi.org/10.2196/74397
  • Park, M., Yang, Y., Gu, B., Choi, Y., & Yoo, H.C. (2026). Model minority stereotype, school and socio-economic achievement, and mental health of Filipino American and Korean American youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70146
  • Park, M., Yoon, Y., Tuda, D., Park, I.Y., Su, J., & Choi, Y. (2026). The longitudinal impact of discrimination on substance use among Filipino and Korean American youth. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-025-02827-6
  • Park, M. *, Jeong, E. *, Yoo, N., Choi Y., Cabassa, L. J., Yasui, M., & Takeuchi, D. (2025). Mental health service use among Filipino American and Korean American young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70043
  • Park, M.*, Park, I.*, Choi, Y., & Henly, J. (2025). The longitudinal impact of family, religious, and school support on the mental health of Filipino and Korean American youth across adolescence. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02200-z
  • Choi, Y., Park, M., Shen, Y., Zhang, M., & Kim, K. (2025). Measures of family process: psychometric properties and invariance testing across South Koreans, Korean Chinese, and Korean Americans. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0002074
  • Yoo, N., Park, M., & Chang, D. F. (2025). Using computational methods to assess racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity and spatial accessibility of the clinical social work workforce in the United States. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 16 (3), 519-556. https://doi.org/10.1086/738140
  • Hawes, M., Park, M., & Cabassa, L. J. (2025). The impact of tobacco smoking on weight loss during a healthy lifestyle intervention for people with serious mental illness living in permanent supportive housing. Research on Social Work Practice, 35 (6), 642-654. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315241285886
  • Park, M. *, Woo, B. *, Jeong, E., Gu, B., Choi, Y., & Takeuchi, D. (2025). Racial discrimination and anti-racist action: The mediating effects of fair-society belief among Filipino American and Korean American young adults. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35 (2), e70023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70023
  • Maglalang, D., Woo, B., Katigbak, C., Park, M., Choi, Y., & Takeuchi, D. (2025). Scale validation of Filipino cultural values and its associations with depressive symptoms and substance use in Filipino Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 16(1), 2-10. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000352
  • Park, I., Park, M., Kim, J., Bellamy, J., & Choi, Y. (2024). The relationship between familial factors and youth mental health outcomes in Korean American families: The mediation effects of youth’s negative emotionality. Family Process, 64(1), e13076. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13076
  • Zhou, X., Park, M., & Choi, Y. (2024). Friendship homophily trajectories among Asian American youth from high school to college. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 53(9) 2139-2150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02008-4
  • Choi, Y., Park, M., & Yasui, M. (2024). A pathway to positive youth development: Unpacking the Asian American youth paradox and cultural orientations among Filipino American and Korean American youth. Children, 11(8), 1-42. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11080950
  • Park, M.*, Woo, B.*, Jung, H., Jeong, E., Choi, Y., Takeuchi, D., & Peregrina, H. (2024). COVID-19, racial discrimination and civic engagement among Asian American young adults. Emerging Adulthood, 12(2), 236-251. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231224098
  • Lee, M., Park, I. Y., Park, M., Tran, P. K., Kim, H. A. E., Cozier, Y. C., & Hahm, H. C. (2023). COVID-19-related racial discrimination during lockdown and its impact on Asian American women. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(16), 1-13. PMCID: PMC10454441. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166546
  • Lee, C. S., Sin E. J., Park, M., Okazaki, S., & Choi Y. (2023). Cultural family processes, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation: A longitudinal study of Asian American youths. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53(5), 802-817. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12984
  • Park, M., Choi Y., Cabassa, L. J., Yasui, M., & Takeuchi, D. (2023). Correlates of stigma toward mental health service use among Filipino Americans and Korean Americans. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 25(5), 1008-1015. PMCID: PMC10525022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-023-01494-1
  • Cabassa, L. J., Stefancic, A., Chen, J., Park, M., Tuda, D., Hawes, M., & Guo, S. (2022). Impact of moderating demographic variables on a health intervention for people with serious mental illness. Research on Social Work Practice, 32(8), 952-962. PMCID: PMC11090479. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315221102403
  • Choi, Y., Jeong, E., & Park, M. (2022). Asian Americans’ parent-child conflict and racial discrimination may explain mental distress. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 9(1), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322211068173
  • Park, M., Choi, Y., Yoo, B., Yasui, M., & Takeuchi, D. (2021). Racial stereotypes and Asian American youth paradox. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(12), 2374-2393. PMCID: PMC9074757. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01519-8
  • Park, M., Choi, Y., Yasui, M., & Hedeker, D. (2021). Racial discrimination and the moderating effects of racial and ethnic socialization on mental health of Asian American youth. Child Development, 92(6), 2284-2298. PMCID: PMC8932491. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13638 Featured in the NICHD Newsroom.
  • Choi, Y., Park, M., Lee, J., & Lee, M. (2020). Explaining Asian American youth paradox: Universal factors vs. Asian American family process among Filipino and Korean American youth. Family Process, 59(4), 1818-1836. PMCID: PMC9222425. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12532
  • Woo, B., Maglalang, D., Ko, S., Park, M., Choi, Y., & Takeuchi, D. (2020). Racial discrimination, ethnic-racial socialization, and cultural identities among Asian American youths. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(4), 447-459. PMCID: PMC7483177. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000327
  • Choi, Y., Park, M., Lee, J., Noh, S., & Takeuchi, D. (2020). Asian American mental health: Longitudinal trend and explanatory factors among Filipino and Korean Americans. SSM-Population Health, 10, 1-10. PMCID: PMC6994703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100542
  • Choi, Y., Lee, M., Lee, J., Park, M., Lee, S. Y., & Hahm, H. C. (2020). Disempowering parenting and mental health among Asian American youth: immigration and ethnicity. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 66, 1-10. PMCID: PMC7451263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101077
  • Choi, Y., Park, M., Lee, J., Yasui, M., & Kim, T. (2018). Explicating acculturation strategies among Asian American youth: subtypes and correlates across Filipino and Korean Americans. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(10), 2181-2205. PMCID: PMC6286232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0862-1