Roberts R E
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston School of Public Health 77225.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1992 Oct;180(10):627-33.
The purpose of this research was to investigate differential manifestation of depressive symptomatology among adolescents from diverse ethnocultural groups. Data from a national survey of persons 12 to 17 years of age (N = 2200) were analyzed, comparing responses of Anglo, African, Mexican, and other Hispanic Americans with a 12-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. The results indicated minimal differences in terms of item response and internal consistency-reliability among the four adolescent groups. However, there were differences in patterns of item endorsement, as indicated by principal component factor analysis. Anglo- and African Americans exhibited similar factor structure, represented by negative affect, positive affect, and psychosomatic symptoms. The two Hispanic groups also exhibited a three-dimensional pattern, but there was a tendency among Hispanic adolescents for somatic symptoms and negative affect symptoms to cluster together. This pattern may indicate a more prominent role of somatic complaints in the presentation of depression among Mexican Americans and other Hispanics.
本研究的目的是调查不同种族文化群体青少年抑郁症状的差异表现。分析了一项针对12至17岁人群的全国性调查数据（N = 2200），比较了盎格鲁人、非裔、墨西哥裔和其他西班牙裔美国人对12项版流行病学研究中心抑郁量表的回答。结果表明，四个青少年群体在项目反应和内部一致性信度方面差异极小。然而，主成分因子分析表明，在项目认可模式上存在差异。盎格鲁美国人和非裔美国人表现出相似的因子结构，以消极情绪、积极情绪和身心症状为代表。两个西班牙裔群体也呈现出三维模式，但西班牙裔青少年中存在躯体症状和消极情绪症状聚集在一起的趋势。这种模式可能表明躯体主诉在墨西哥裔美国人和其他西班牙裔抑郁症表现中发挥着更突出的作用。
