A comparison of depressive symptoms in African Americans and Caucasian Americans
A comparison of depressive symptoms in African Americans and Caucasian Americans
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DOI：
10.1177/0022022102239158
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
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3
通讯作者：
Young, MA
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作者：
Ayalon, L;Young, MA
该研究调查了278名寻求心理治疗的非洲裔美国人和278名白人美国人在贝克抑郁量表上抑郁症的组间差异。相对于白人美国人，非裔美国人报告较少的悲观，不满，自责和自杀意念和更多的惩罚感和体重变化，但原因与抑郁症无关。自我厌恶是白人美国人抑郁症的一种更强烈的表现，睡眠障碍，食欲不振和性欲丧失是非裔美国人抑郁症的更强烈表现。性别、婚姻状况、年龄或教育程度没有考虑到组间差异。这项研究有助于了解自我报告的抑郁症的社会文化变体，区分不同的方式，其中抑郁症可能不同。
The study examined group differences in depressive symptomatology on the Beck Depression Inventory in 278 African Americans and 278 Caucasian Americans seeking psychotherapy. Relative to Caucasian Americans, African Americans reported less pessimism, dissatisfaction, self-blame, and suicidal ideation and more sense of punishment and weight change, but for reasons unrelated to depression. Self-dislike was a stronger manifestation of depression in Caucasian Americans, and sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, and loss of libido were stronger manifestations of depression in African Americans. Group differences were not accounted for by gender, marital status, age, or education. The study contributes to the understanding of sociocultural variants of self-reported depression by distinguishing different ways in which symptomatology may differ.