TPC Journal Volume 11 Issue 2

252 The Professional Counselor | Volume 11, Issue 2 Method Participants Data was collected from June to July 2020. A total of 409 Asian and AAPI individuals were recruited through AAPI listservs and community organizations ( n = 10) and Amazon MTurk ( n = 399). Sixty-eight respondents fromAmazon MTurk completed less than 50% of the survey items, so their associated surveys were removed from the data. An additional 11 respondents fromAmazon MTurk endorsed all survey items with the same response or incorrectly answered validity items, and their surveys were also eliminated from the data. Lastly, four multivariate outliers were removed (i.e., Mahalanobis distance value > 20.515 at a = .00 1), resulting in a final sample of 326 cases (79.7% useable response rate). The final sample ( N = 326) met sufficient sample size for hierarchical multiple regression ( N > 94) and a path analysis ( N > 134; O’Rourke & Hatcher, 2013) at a = .01 to identify medium effect size. Table 1 Descriptive Characteristics and Correlations Characteristic Frequency % Gender Male 225 69.0% Female 101 31.0% Education Level High School Diploma or the equivalent 6 1.8% Associate Degree 6 1.8% Bachelor’s Degree 205 62.9% Master’s Degree 95 29.1% Doctorate Degree 14 4.3% Sexual Identity Heterosexual 220 67.5% Gay or Lesbian 9 2.8% Bisexual, Pansexual, or Non-Monosexual 91 27.9% Other 6 1.8% Seeking Mental Health Service Since COVID-19 Yes 153 46.9% No 149 45.7% No, but I have considered it 24 7.4% Variable a M SD 1 2 3 4 5 1. SBRS .91 27.48 7.28 - 2. SRGS .95 77.05 15.09 .510** - 3. MEIM .61 22.56 3.20 .437** .429** - 4. Resilience .95 134.92 20.97 .301** .703** .436** - 5. Coping .92 79.05 13.10 .662** .699** .521** .518** - Note . SBRS = Subtle and Blatant Racism Scale; SRG = Stress-Related Growth Scale; MEIM = Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure. ** p < .01