Depression and somatic symptoms in Japanese and American college students: Negative mood regulation expectancies as a personality correlate
Depression and somatic symptoms in Japanese and American college students: Negative mood regulation expectancies as a personality correlate
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DOI：
10.1002/ijop.12467
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Mearns, Jack
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作者：
Hamamura, Toshitaka;Mearns, Jack
这项研究通过考察抑郁和躯体症状与负性情绪调节期望(NMRE)的关系，澄清了非西方国家抑郁和躯体症状之间的相互关联是否比西方国家更强的相互矛盾的发现。NMRE是关于一个人有能力改善负面情绪的信念。参与者包括155名日本大学生和176名美国本科生。他们完成了NMRE、应对、抑郁和躯体症状的自我报告。结果显示，两国男性和女性的抑郁与躯体症状显著相关，抑郁与躯体症状之间的关系没有文化差异。抑郁和躯体症状与NMRE的关系在不同的文化中没有不同。NMRE解释了两国抑郁症的差异，但只解释了两国女性躯体症状的差异。NMRE与抑郁和躯体症状的关系在两种文化中都是平行的。这些结果与之前发现不同文化之间没有差异的文献一致。结果支持在应对和痛苦的背景下测量NMRE的跨文化效度。
This study clarified contradictory findings regarding whether depression and somatic symptoms are associated more strongly with each other in non-Western countries than in Western countries, by examining the relationships of the two variables with negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE). NMRE are beliefs about one's ability to improve one's negative moods. Participants were 155 Japanese and 176 American undergraduates. They completed self-report measures of NMRE, coping, depression and somatic symptoms. Results showed that depression significantly correlated with somatic symptoms for both men and women in both countries, and there was no cultural difference in the relationship between depression and somatic symptoms. The relationships of depression and somatic symptoms with NMRE did not differ between cultures. NMRE explained variance in depression in both countries but variance in somatic symptoms only for women in both countries. The relationship of NMRE with depression and somatic symptoms paralleled that between depression and somatic symptoms for both cultures. These results were consistent with the previous literature that found no difference between cultures. Results support the cross-cultural validity of measuring NMRE in the context of coping and distress.