Research Interests
Asian American Mental Health, Mental Health Service Utilization, Health Disparity
Research Description
My research focuses on understanding the risk and protective factors that shape Asian Americans’ mental health, with particular attention to mental health service as a vital support for living in the United States.
Education
Ph.D. in Social Work, University of Chicago
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies
Recent Publications
Park, M., Jeong, E., Yoo, N., Choi, Y., Cabassa, L. J., Yasui, M., & Takeuchi, D. (2026). Mental health service use among Filipino American and Korean American young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. American journal of community psychology, 77(3-4), 469-484. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70043
Yasui, M., & Jeong, E. (2026). Active Agents in Mental Health Socialization: Asian American Youth's Interpretations of Parental Messages of Mental Health. Family Process, 65(1), Article e70134. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70134
Yasui, M., Jeong, E., & Aronson, S. (2026). The Psychometric Properties of the Intergenerational Trauma Socialization Inventory: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Among Lao American Families. Adversity and Resilience Science, 7(3), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-026-00236-0
Yasui, M., & Jeong, E. (2026). What Parents Say and do: Parental Responses to Asian American Young Adult Mental Health and Help Seeking. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 35(3), 767-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-026-03259-4
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), Article e70023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70023