Takeuchi David T, Zane Nolan, Hong Seunghye, Chae David H, Gong Fang, Gee Gilbert C, Walton Emily, Sue Stanley, Alegría Margarita
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Jan;97(1):84-90. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.088401. Epub 2006 Nov 30.
We examined lifetime and 12-month rates of any depressive, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders in a national sample of Asian Americans. We focused on factors related to nativity and immigration as possible correlates of mental disorders.
Data were derived from the National Latino and Asian American Study, the first national epidemiological survey of Asian Americans in the United States.
The relationships between immigration-related factors and mental disorders were different for men and women. Among women, nativity was strongly associated with lifetime disorders, with immigrant women having lower rates of most disorders compared with US-born women. Conversely, English proficiency was associated with mental disorders for Asian men. Asian men who spoke English proficiently generally had lower rates of lifetime and 12-month disorders compared with nonproficient speakers.
For Asian Americans, immigration-related factors were associated with mental disorders, but in different ways for men and women. Future studies will need to examine gender as an important factor in specifying the association between immigration and mental health.
我们在一个亚裔美国人全国样本中研究了终生及12个月内患任何抑郁、焦虑和物质滥用障碍的比率。我们重点关注与出生国家和移民相关的因素，将其作为精神障碍可能的相关因素。
数据源自《美国国家拉丁裔和亚裔美国人研究》，这是美国首次针对亚裔美国人的全国性流行病学调查。
与移民相关的因素和精神障碍之间的关系在男性和女性中有所不同。在女性中，出生国家与终生障碍密切相关，与美国出生的女性相比，移民女性大多数障碍的发生率较低。相反，英语熟练程度与亚裔男性的精神障碍有关。与英语不熟练的亚裔男性相比，英语熟练的亚裔男性终生及12个月内障碍的发生率通常较低。
对于亚裔美国人，与移民相关的因素与精神障碍有关，但在男性和女性中方式不同。未来的研究需要将性别作为一个重要因素来考察移民与心理健康之间的关联。
