Differential Symptom Expression and Somatization in Thai versus U.S. Children

Autor/inn/en	Weiss, Bahr; Tram, Jane M.; Weisz, John R.; Rescorla, Leslie; Achenbach, Thomas M.
Titel	Differential Symptom Expression and Somatization in Thai versus U.S. Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77 (2009) 5, S.987-992 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0016779
Schlagwörter	Help Seeking; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Referral; Researchers; Depression (Psychology); Clinics; Coping; Asians; Stress Variables; Affective Behavior; Psychosomatic Disorders; Comparative Analysis; Cultural Differences; Measures (Individuals); Thailand; United States; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Researcher; Forscher; Bewältigung; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Disease of psychosomatic origin; Psychosomatische Krankheit; Kultureller Unterschied; Messdaten; USA
Abstract	Individuals react in a variety of ways when experiencing environmental challenges exceeding their capacity to cope adaptively. Some researchers have suggested that Asian populations tend to react to excessive stress with somatic symptoms, whereas Western populations tend to respond more with affective or depressive symptoms. Other researchers, however, have suggested that such differences may represent different approaches to help seeking rather than actual variations in prevalence. The present study compared somatic versus affective symptoms in U.S. and Thai children from community and mental health clinic samples. In the clinic-referred sample, Thai children were reported to have higher levels of somatic versus depressive symptoms relative to U.S. children, whereas in the community sample, both groups were reported to have slightly higher levels of depressive than somatic symptoms. Because a primary difference between clinic-referred and community samples is that the former have been through the clinical referral process (i.e., were seeking help), these results suggest that differences in somatic versus depressive symptom presentation may be related to help-seeking behavior, at least for the samples involved in this study. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure, and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10