Barry Declan T, Grilo Carlos M
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8098, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2002 Jan;190(1):32-9. doi: 10.1097/00005053-200201000-00008.
To assess East Asian immigrants' willingness to use psychological services if depressed and willingness to recommend psychological services to distressed friends, and to examine their cultural (acculturation status, self-construal, ethnic identity), psychological, and demographic correlates, 170 East Asian immigrants (88 male, 82 female) were administered a battery of psychometrically established measures. Approximately 50% of participants expressed strong unwillingness to seek psychological treatments, and approximately 30% expressed strong unwillingness to recommend such treatments to distressed friends. Personal willingness to use psychological services was positively associated with assimilation, being female, age, and English fluency, but was negatively associated with interpersonal distance and number of years in the United States. In contrast, willingness to recommend psychological services to friends was positively associated with independent self-construal, overall ethnic identity, interpersonal sensitivity, being female, and number of years in the United States but was negatively associated with interpersonal distance and reported obsessive-compulsive symptoms. A minority of East Asian immigrants report being willing to seek or to recommend psychological services. Psychological distress, and cultural and demographic features were differentially associated with willingness to seek versus willingness to recommend psychological services.
为评估东亚移民在抑郁时使用心理服务的意愿以及向苦恼的朋友推荐心理服务的意愿，并考察其文化因素（文化适应状态、自我建构、族群认同）、心理因素及人口统计学相关因素，对170名东亚移民（88名男性，82名女性）进行了一系列心理测量学已确立的测评。约50%的参与者表示强烈不愿意寻求心理治疗，约30%的参与者表示强烈不愿意向苦恼的朋友推荐此类治疗。个人使用心理服务的意愿与同化、女性身份、年龄及英语流利程度呈正相关，但与人际距离及在美国的居住年限呈负相关。相比之下，向朋友推荐心理服务的意愿与独立自我建构、总体族群认同、人际敏感性、女性身份及在美国的居住年限呈正相关，但与人际距离及报告的强迫症状呈负相关。少数东亚移民表示愿意寻求或推荐心理服务。心理困扰以及文化和人口统计学特征与寻求心理服务的意愿和推荐心理服务的意愿存在不同的关联。
