Hovey Joseph D, Kim Sheena E, Seligman Laura D
Program for the Study of Immigration and Mental Health, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
J Psychol. 2006 Sep;140(5):499-511. doi: 10.3200/JRLP.140.5.499-511.
Little research has examined ethnic identity, cultural values, and native language maintenance as predictors of mental health in Korean Americans. The authors explored the influences of ethnic identity, maintenance of Asian cultural values, and maintenance of Korean language usage on self-esteem, anxiety, and depression in Korean American college students (N = 133). Findings indicated that Korean American men reported relatively high levels of state and trait anxiety and that the overall sample reported a relatively high level of depression. Whereas language and ethnic identity had a minimal influence on the mental health of students, greater cultural value maintenance was associated with decreased self-esteem and increases in state anxiety, trait anxiety, and depression. The positive relationship between cultural values and mental health problems may be indicative of being caught in an ethnic bind, in which the clash of traditional and modern values contributes to psychological distress. The authors discuss clinical implications of the findings.
很少有研究将族裔认同、文化价值观和母语保留情况作为韩裔美国人心理健康的预测因素进行考察。作者探讨了族裔认同、亚洲文化价值观的保留以及韩语使用情况对韩裔美国大学生（N = 133）自尊、焦虑和抑郁的影响。研究结果表明，韩裔美国男性报告的状态焦虑和特质焦虑水平相对较高，且总体样本报告的抑郁水平相对较高。虽然语言和族裔认同对学生心理健康的影响极小，但更强的文化价值观保留与自尊降低以及状态焦虑、特质焦虑和抑郁增加有关。文化价值观与心理健康问题之间的正相关关系可能表明陷入了族裔困境，即传统与现代价值观的冲突导致心理困扰。作者讨论了这些研究结果的临床意义。
