Nonlinear relationship between length of residence and depression in a community-based sample of Vietnamese Americans.
Nonlinear relationship between length of residence and depression in a community-based sample of Vietnamese Americans.
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基于社区的越南裔美国人样本中居住时间与抑郁症之间的非线性关系。
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10.1177/0020764007075025
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2007
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Nguyen,VictorTD
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Tran,ThanhV;Manalo,Victor;Nguyen,VictorTD
背景：居住时间被视为一个指标， 移民和难民在东道国社会的文化适应。本研究旨在 为了检验居住时间与抑郁之间的倒U型关系， 方法：数据收集自一项以社区为基础的成年人调查， 越南裔美国人生活在东海岸大都市区，由349个 18岁及以上的受访者。然而，由于数据缺失， 我们使用列表删除法的回归分析为311。中 受试者中，52.1%为女性（n= 182），47.9%为男性（n= 167）。受访者的年龄从18岁到73岁不等， 为38.76（SD = 13.76）。参与者的平均寿命 结果：多项式回归分析结果支持了美国的平均年龄为7.01岁（SD = 5.22）。 假设在最初的十年内抑郁水平往往很高 重新安置。然而，大约12.5年后，抑郁水平下降。结论：正如数据和社区专家所揭示的那样， 移民/难民往往遭受更严重的心理问题 在他们重新安置的第一个十年里。要花十多年的时间 非英语国家的移民或难民，以适应他/她的心理 东道国社会。
Background:Length of residence has been viewed as an indicator of acculturation among immigrants and refugees in their host society. This study aims to test an inverted U relationship between length of residence and depression in a community-based sample of Vietnamese Americans.Methods:Data were collected from a community-based survey of adult Vietnamese Americans living in an East Coast metropolitan area consisting of 349 respondents aged 18 and older. However, due to missing data, the actual sample in our regression analysis using listwise deletion method is 311. Among the participants, 52.1% are female (n= 182), and 47.9% are male (n= 167). The age of the respondents ranges from 18 to 73 years with the average age being 38.76 (SD = 13.76). The average number of years that the participants lived within the United States was 7.01 years (SD = 5.22).Results:Findings from a polynomial regression analysis support the hypothesis that depression levels tend to be high during the first decade of initial resettlement. However, after approximately 12.5 years, depression levels decrease.Conclusion:As revealed by the data and community experts, immigrants/refugees tend to suffer from higher levels of psychological problems during their first decade of resettlement. It takes more than a decade for a non-English-speaking immigrant or refugee to adjust psychologically into his/her host society.