Acculturation, Discrimination, and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese American Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Juang, Linda P.; Cookston, Jeffrey T.
Titel	Acculturation, Discrimination, and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese American Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Primary Prevention, 30 (2009) 3-4, S.475-496 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-095X
DOI	10.1007/s10935-009-0177-9
Schlagwörter	Asian Culture; Acculturation; Adolescents; Cultural Context; Chinese Americans; Depression (Psychology); Social Discrimination; Social Bias; Longitudinal Studies; Age Differences; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Attitude Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung
Abstract	This study focused on the perceptions of discrimination for Chinese American adolescents: how perceptions changed over time, how generational status and acculturation were related to these changes, and whether earlier discrimination experiences were related to subsequent depressive symptomatology. The sample included 309 Chinese American adolescents who participated in a 2 year, three-wave longitudinal study. Findings suggest that perceptions of discrimination became more acute over time for the majority of Chinese American adolescents in our study, that greater initial levels of perceptions of discrimination predicted a slower orientation to U.S. culture, that discrimination was not related to orientation to Chinese culture, and that an increase in perceptions of discrimination was associated with an increase in depressive symptoms. Greater orientation to Chinese culture was also related to fewer depressive symptoms. The findings are discussed in light of the unique cultural context of the study. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10