A structural model of acculturation and mental health status among Chinese Americans
A structural model of acculturation and mental health status among Chinese Americans
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1010338413293
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发表时间：
2001-06-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Takeuchi, DT
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作者：
Shen, BJ;Takeuchi, DT
本研究通过社会经济地位(SES)、压力、社会支持、个性负性和身体健康感知等多种相关因素，考察了文化适应的作用及其对抑郁症状严重程度的直接和间接影响。使用结构方程模型对983名有代表性的社区样本中的983名受雇的华裔美国人进行了检验，其中大多数是移民。结果表明，文化适应与SES相关，只通过间接途径导致抑郁症状的严重程度。更高的文化适应与更高的压力有关，而在汤姆病患者中，这种压力导致更严重的抑郁症状。另一方面，较高的文化适应程度也与较高的SES密切相关，这与较低的抑郁症状直接或通过几个中介因素间接相关。较好的支持、较低的个性负性、较好的健康感知和较低的压力在较高的SES和较低的抑郁症状严重程度之间起中介作用。同时的多组分析表明，最终的模型对男性和女性都是可比较的，几乎没有差异。
This study examined the role of acculturation and its direct and indirect impact on depressive symptom severity through various correlates, including socioeconomic status (SES), stress, social support, personality negativity and physical health perception. Using structural equation modeling, the proposed model was tested with 983 employed Chinese Americans from a representative community sample, the majority of whom were immigrants The results demonstrated that acculturation, correlated with SES, contributed to depressive symptom severity only through indirect pathways. Higher acculturation was found associated with higher stress that in tom contributed to more elevated depressive symptoms. On the other hand higher acculturation was also found strongly correlated with higher SES, which was associated with lower depressive symptoms directly or indirectly through several mediators. Better support, lower personality negativity better health perception, and lower stress were found mediating the relationship between higher SES and lower depressive symptom severity. The simultaneous multigroup analysis showed that the final model was comparable for both men and women with very few differences.