Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms in Korean Immigrant Women
Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms in Korean Immigrant Women
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DOI：
10.1007/s10903-007-9080-8
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Wilbur, JoEllen
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作者：
Choi, JiWon;Miller, Arlene;Wilbur, JoEllen
抑郁症是美国移民最常见的健康问题之一。它与文化适应过程有关。进行了一项横断面研究，以确定亚组的韩国移民妇女的基础上，他们的韩国以及美国的文化适应水平，采用聚类分析，并确定这些亚组是否不同的抑郁症状，在200名韩国移民妇女年龄在20-64岁。聚类分析确定了四个最合适的亚组数量：它们被指定为韩国聚类（45%），边缘化聚类（26%），美国聚类（22%）和双文化聚类（7%）。韩国人群体在韩国文化适应上得分最高，在美国文化适应上得分最低;边缘化群体在美国文化适应上得分最高，在韩国文化适应上得分最低;双文化群体在美国文化适应上得分最高。边缘化亚组的妇女报告的抑郁评分明显高于美国和韩国的妇女。重要的是要确定移民谁不涉及他们的传统文化或新的东道国文化，并解决他们的心理健康风险问题。
Depression is one of the most prevalent health problems for immigrants in the United States (U.S.) and it has been associated with the process of acculturation. A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify subgroups of Korean immigrant women based on their Korean as well as American acculturation levels using cluster analysis and to determine whether these subgroups differ on depressive symptoms in 200 Korean immigrant women aged 20-64. Cluster analysis identified four as the most appropriate number of subgroups: they were designated as Korean cluster (45%), Marginalized cluster (26%), American cluster (22%), and Bicultural cluster (7%). Korean cluster had high scores on Korean acculturation and low American acculturation, Marginalized had low for both, American had high scores on American acculturation, low for Korean acculturation, and Bicultural had high scores for both. Women in the Marginalized subgroup reported significantly higher depression scores than women in the American and Korean clusters. It is important to identify immigrants who do not relate to either their heritage culture or the new host culture and address their mental health risk issues.