Minority Stress, Perceived Bicultural Competence, and Depressive Symptoms among Ethnic Minority College Students

Autor/inn/en	Wei, Meifen; Liao, Kelly Yu-Hsin; Chao, Ruth Chu-Lien; Mallinckrodt, Brent; Tsai, Pei-Chun; Botello-Zamarron, Raquel
Titel	Minority Stress, Perceived Bicultural Competence, and Depressive Symptoms among Ethnic Minority College Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 57 (2010) 4, S.411-422 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0020790
Schlagwörter	Coping; Biculturalism; Asian Americans; Depression (Psychology); Stress Variables; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); College Students; Minority Groups; Social Theories; Student Attitudes; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; Predictor Variables; Educational Environment; Self Efficacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewältigung; Bikulturalität; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Collegestudent; Ethnische Minderheit; Gesellschaftstheorie; Schülerverhalten; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit
Abstract	Based on biculturalism theory (LaFromboise, Coleman, & Gerton, 1993), the present study examined the direct effect of perceived bicultural competence (PBC) on depressive symptoms, and PBC as a potential coping resource to moderate the association between minority stress and depressive symptoms. Participants were 167 Asian American, African American, and Latino/a American students at a predominantly White Midwest university. Results from a hierarchical regression analysis suggested that (a) minority stress was positively associated with depressive symptoms after controlling for perceived general stress, (b) PBC was negatively associated with depressive symptoms after controlling for perceived general stress and minority stress, and (c) the interaction between minority stress and PBC was significant in predicting depressive symptoms. Results from a simple effect analysis supported the hypothesis that a higher level of PBC buffers the association between minority stress and depressive symptoms. Furthermore, post hoc exploratory analyses of the components of PBC suggested that 2 components, Social Groundedness and Cultural Knowledge, may be especially important coping resources. (Contains 4 footnotes, 4 tables, and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10