Defining Latino Intercultural Competence and Its Relationship to Depression

拉丁裔跨文化能力的定义及其与抑郁症的关系

基本信息

批准号：
7591792
负责人：
Lucas Torres
金额：
$ 16.11万
依托单位：
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-05-01 至 2011-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7591792
关键词：
Accounting Acculturation Address Adult Anthropology Area Behavior Buffers Characteristics Clinical Communities Competence Complex Consensus Development Dimensions Discrimination Distress Encapsulated Environment Generations Goals Grant Growth Health High Prevalence Hispanics Immigrant Individual Intervention Language Latino Life Link Literature Mainstreaming Measures Mediation Medical Mental Health Mental disorders Methods Mexican Americans Modeling Molecular Paper Persons Prevention Procedures Process Proxy Psychological adjustment Psychology Psychopathology Qualitative Methods Questionnaires Recovery Reliance Research Research Personnel Resources Risk Factors Role Sampling Structure Surveys Techniques Validity and Reliability base depression effective intervention experience health disparity innovation protective effect psychologic psychological distress public health relevance skills tool

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The application entitled Defining Latino Intercultural Competence and Its Relationship to Depression, proposes to examine Latino intercultural competence, or proficiency of skills that facilitate cultural interactions, and its influence on psychological distress. This innovative construct will advance the research on mental health disparities by examining the underlying processes that link culture and psychopathology. The result will be a comprehensive account of cultural experiences that directly influence psychological functioning. The specific aims of the study are: 1) to refine Latino intercultural competence through the development of a culturally-appropriate measure, and 2) to examine the ability of the constructed Latino intercultural competence scale to predict mental health and depression. To accomplish the first specific aim, three sub-goals are outlined including: a) generation of items and development of the Latino intercultural competence scale; b) examination of reliability and exploration of factor structure; and c) analysis of validity. A methodological tool known as cultural consensus analysis, adapted from the field of medical anthropology, will be used to describe the features of Latino intercultural competence (aim sub-goal 1a). Examining scale reliability and validity will be accomplished via survey procedures to determine internal consistency and checks for content (aim sub-goal 1b-1c). The second specific aim will entail completing paper-and-pencil questionnaires to investigate the impact of Latino intercultural competence on mental health while accounting for orthogonal dimensions and subfactors of acculturation. The current project will add to current conceptualizations of adaptation and determine the skills-based factors that protect Latinos from negative psychological consequences. Such a focus is readily transferable to culturally-effective intervention efforts that ease recovery and prevention. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: As mental health problems, particularly depression, are a significant and growing problem in the Latino community, the relevance of this project is evident in its contributions to understanding the underlying aspects of Latino culture that serve to buffer individuals from negative psychological consequences. The information from the study will be used to facilitate more effective ways of dealing with psychological difficulties that take advantage of the resources that are characteristic of the Latino way of life. This will lay the groundwork for creating better management strategies of prevalent health and mental health problems in the Latino.

描述（由申请人提供）：申请名为题为“定义拉丁裔跨文化能力及其与抑郁症的关系，建议检查拉丁裔跨文化能力，或促进促进文化互动的技能及其对心理困扰的影响。这种创新的结构将通过研究将文化和精神病理学联系起来的基本过程来推动心理健康差异的研究。结果将是对直接影响心理功能的文化经历的全面描述。该研究的具体目的是：1）通过发展具有文化措施的措施来完善拉丁裔跨文化能力，以及2）检查建设的拉丁裔跨文化跨文化能力量表预测心理健康和抑郁症的能力。为了实现第一个特定目标，概述了三个子目标，包括：a）生成项目和拉丁裔跨文化能力量表的发展； b）检查可靠性和因素结构的探索； c）有效性分析。根据医学人类学领域改编的一种方法学工具将被称为文化共识分析，将用于描述拉丁裔跨文化能力的特征（AIM次目标1A）。检查规模的可靠性和有效性将通过调查程序来确定内部一致性并检查内容（AIM亚目标1B-1C）。第二个具体目的将需要完成纸笔问卷，以研究拉丁裔跨文化能力对心理健康的影响，同时考虑正交维度和适应性的亚比例。当前的项目将增加适应的当前概念，并确定保护拉丁美洲人免受负面心理后果的基于技能的因素。这样的重点很容易转移到具有文化有效的干预工作中，以减轻恢复和预防。公共卫生相关性：由于心理健康问题，尤其是抑郁症，是拉丁裔社区的一个重大且日益严重的问题，该项目的相关性在理解拉丁裔文化的潜在方面的贡献中很明显，这些方面可缓解负面心理后果。该研究的信息将用于促进更有效的方法来处理心理困难，以利用拉丁美洲人生活方式的特征。这将为在拉丁美洲人的普遍健康和心理健康问题制定更好的管理策略奠定基础。