Ruth Chao

Biographic Data

ID5122022
NAMERuth Chao
GIVEN NAMESRuth
FAMILY NAMEChao
SIGNATURECHAO R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Denver
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS45
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Effects of a video intervention and ethnocultural empathy on racial color-blindness, White empathy, and willingness to confront White privilege

    Ruth Chao, Ruth Chu-Lien Chao et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2024Cited by: 1

    This study found that it is possible to meaningfully decrease racial color-blindness, increase White empathy toward racial injustice, and promote willingness to confront White privilege with a brief, discrimination-related video intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)

  • A Phenomenological Exploration of Korean Adoptees’ Multiple Minority Identities

    Jared Utley, Ruth Chao et al.ARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2023References: 20

    Since the end of the Korean War, Korean children have been placed for international adoption due to their marginalized status in South Korea. In the United States, Korean children have predominantly been adopted to White families through transracial adoption (Bergquist, 2003; Lee, 2003). Transracial adoption describes the process of children being placed in a home where there are racial differences with one or both adoptive parents. Through inter…

  • Co-occurring presenting problems in African American college clients reporting racial discrimination distress

    Ruth Chao, Ruth Chu-Lien Chao et al.ARTICLEProfessional Psychology Research…2012Cited by: 26References: 12

    Ethnic minority students’ perceptions of racism may be associated with a host of secondary emotional, interpersonal, and academic difficulties that can nevertheless be the chief reason these students seek treatment at a counseling center. This study examined archival data from the Presenting Problems Checklist completed by 1555 African American clients seen at the counseling centers of 7 predominantly White Midwestern universities. Findings of or…

  • Minority stress, perceived bicultural competence, and depressive symptoms among ethnic minority college students.

    Meifen Wei, Kelly Yu‐hsin Liao et al.ARTICLEJournal of Counseling Psychology2010

    Based on biculturalism theory (LaFromboise, Coleman, & Gerton, 1993), the present study examined the direct effect of perceived bicultural competence (PBC) on depressive symptoms, and PBC as a potential coping resource to moderate the association between minority stress and depressive symptoms. Participants were 167 Asian American, African American, and Latino/a American students at a predominantly White Midwest university. Results from a hierarc…

  • Beyond Socioeconomics

    RUTH K CHAO, Ruth Chao et al.ARTICLEApplied Developmental Science2008

    This study examined both socioeconomic and cultural factors in explaining ethnic differences in monitoring, behavioral control, and warmth—part of a series of coordinated studies presented in this special issue. Socioeconomic variables included mother's and father's educational levels, employment status, home ownership, number of siblings in the household, and single parent status. Cultural factors included nationality or ethnicity, immigrant sta…

  • Excavating Culture

    Rosario Ceballo, RUTH K CHAO et al.ARTICLEApplied Developmental Science2008

    This is a companion paper to the seven articles also published in this special issue of Applied Developmental Science This paper summarizes and discusses the results from common analyses that were conducted on different datasets. The common analyses were designed to disentangle contextual and ethnic influences on parenting. Initial ethnic group differences were found in many of the datasets with multiple ethnic groups. Although certain ethnic gro…

  • Excavating Culture

    Huynh-Nhu Le, Huynh‐nhu Le et al.ARTICLEApplied Developmental Science2008Cited by: 18References: 6

    Historically, much of the research on parenting has not disentangled the influences of race/ethnicity, SES, and culture on family functioning and the development of children and adolescents. This special issue addresses this gap by disentangling ethnic differences in parenting behaviors from their contextual influences, thereby deepening understanding of parenting processes in diverse families. Six members of the Parenting section of the Study Gr…

  • Toward an integrative curriculum

    Ruth ChaoARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2002

  • Toward an integrative curriculum

    Ruth ChaoARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2002

  • Seeing the forest and seeing the trees in psychology

    Ruth ChaoARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2002

  • Integrating culture and attachment

    RUTH K CHAO, Ruth ChaoARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2001

  • Integrating culture and attachment

    Ruth ChaoARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2001