sentences:  Michael S. Christopher and Gemma D. Skillman conducted a study to test the link between self-construal and distress among African American and Asian American college students.Their research is primarily based on previous assertions that ethnic minorities are more likely to experience distress and express apprehension about the rigors of college.One body of literature has commonly viewed three major minority groups-African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans- as more likely to display traits of interdependent self-construal.