Acculturative Stress, Perfectionism, Years in the United States, and Depression among Chinese International Students

Autor/inn/en	Wei, Meifen; Heppner, P. Paul; Mallen, Michael J.; Ku, Tsun-Yao; Liao, Kelly Yu-Hsin; Wu, Tsui-Feng
Titel	Acculturative Stress, Perfectionism, Years in the United States, and Depression among Chinese International Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54 (2007) 4, S.385-394 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Depression (Psychology); Acculturation; Stress Variables; Coping; Psychological Patterns; Expectation; Correlation; Asian Americans; College Students; Interaction; Adjustment (to Environment); Predictor Variables; China; Taiwan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Akkulturation; Bewältigung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Korrelation; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Collegestudent; Interaktion; Prädiktor
Abstract	The present study examined whether maladaptive perfectionism (i.e., discrepancy between expectations and performance) and length of time in the United States moderated the association between acculturative stress and depression. Data were collected through online surveys from 189 Chinese international students from China and Taiwan attending a midwestern university. Results from a hierarchical regression showed that there were significant main effects of acculturative stress and maladaptive perfectionism on depression, no significant two-way interactions, and a significant three-way interaction, indicating that acculturative stress, maladaptive perfectionism, and length of time in the United States interacted to predict depression. Low maladaptive perfectionism buffered the effect of acculturative stress on depression only for those who had been in the United States for a relatively longer period of time. Implications for counseling and future research directions are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10