A Longitudinal Study of Family Obligation and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese American Adolescents
A Longitudinal Study of Family Obligation and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese American Adolescents
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DOI：
10.1037/a0015814
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Cookston, Jeffrey T.
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作者：
Juang, Linda P.;Cookston, Jeffrey T.
这项对华裔美国青少年进行的为期两年、三波的纵向研究的目的是考察家庭责任行为和态度如何随着时间的推移而变化；性别、出生地和出生顺序如何预测这些轨迹；以及家庭责任是否与抑郁症状有关。研究结果表明，在这两年中，家庭责任行为有所减少，但家庭责任态度是稳定的。此外，外国出生的青少年报告的家庭责任行为水平高于美国出生的青少年，第一个出生的青少年报告的家庭责任态度高于第二个出生的青少年。在家庭责任、行为或态度上没有性别差异。研究结果还表明，最初较高的家庭义务水平与随后较少的抑郁症状有关。最后，家庭责任行为的变化与抑郁症状的变化有关，随着时间的推移，家庭责任行为的增加与抑郁症状的减少有关。这一结果凸显了理解家庭义务对华裔美国青少年心理健康的重要性。
The purpose of this 2-year, 3-wave longitudinal study of Chinese American adolescents was to examine how family obligation behaviors and attitudes change over time; how gender, nativity, and birth order predict these trajectories; and whether family obligation relates to depressive symptoms. Findings suggest that family obligation behaviors decreased over the 2-year period but that family obligation attitudes were stable. Moreover, foreign-born adolescents reported higher levels of family obligation behavior than U.S.-born adolescents, and firstborn adolescents reported higher family obligation attitudes than laterborn adolescents. There were no gender differences in family obligation behaviors or attitudes. The findings also suggest that initial higher levels of family obligation were associated with subsequently fewer depressive symptoms. Finally, changes in family obligation behaviors related to changes in depressive symptoms over time such that increasing family obligation behaviors related to decreasing depressive symptoms. The results highlight the importance of understanding the role of family obligation to Chinese American adolescents' mental health.