SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES
SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES
复制标题
DOI：
10.2105/ajph.83.2.240
复制
发表时间：
1993-02-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
SNOWDEN, LR
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
JONESWEBB, RJ;SNOWDEN, LR
目标.我们试图研究黑人和白色人群中的社会人口学风险指标和抑郁症状之间的关系。在一个国家的概率样本中，性别，年龄，婚姻状况，宗教，社会阶层，就业状况，城市化和地区的差异进行了评估，对流行病学研究中心抑郁量表得分为16分或更高。在两个人群中确定危险因素并进行比较。对于这两个种族，女性患抑郁症的风险高于男性，以前结婚或分居的受访者比目前结婚的受访者风险更大。种族之间的风险模式也存在重大差异。年龄在30到39岁之间、属于非西方宗教团体、生活在西方的黑人比可比的白人面临更大的风险。丧偶的黑人、中产阶级和中下层阶级的成员以及失业者的收入较少。风险模式的相似性和差异是显而易见的。这些差异的性质表明，在社会文化和经济经验方面存在重大差异。
Objectives. We sought to examine relationships between sociodemographic indicators of risk and depression symptoms within the Black and White populations.Methods. In a national probability sample, differences in sex, age, marital status, religion, social class, employment status, urbanicity, and region were evaluated against a Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale score of 16 or greater. Risk factors were identified within the two populations and compared between them.Results. For both races, females were at greater risk for depression than males, and respondents who were formerly married or separated were at greater risk than those who were currently married. Major differences in patterns of risk were also found between the races. Blacks who were 30 to 39 years of age, belonged to non-Western religious groups, and lived in the West were at greater risk than comparable Whites. Blacks who were widowed, members of the middle and lower-middle class, and unemployed were at less fisk.Conclusions. Similarities and differences in patterns of risk were evident. The nature of the differences suggests important divergence in sociocultural and economic experience.