González Patricia, González Gerardo M
Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2008 Oct;103(2):566-76. doi: 10.2466/pr0.103.2.566-576.
The mental health of individuals of Mexican origin may vary as a function of native status (i.e., Mexican born or U.S.A. born). Some have reported that Mexican Americans tend to display more depressive symptoms than Mexican immigrants. The present goal was to estimate the associations among acculturation and native status, and explore relative deprivation in the prevalence of depression. Participants included 153 individuals of Mexican origin who completed the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Revised Generalized Expectancy for Success Scale, and relative deprivation questions. Analyses indicated women and those scoring low on acculturation were significantly more likely to report depressive symptoms. Participants who felt they had relatively better family happiness than Euro-Americans reported lower depressive symptoms. So participants' sex, acculturation, and relative lack of depressive symptoms allow better understanding of depressive symptoms among these Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants.
墨西哥裔个体的心理健康状况可能因出生地身份（即出生在墨西哥或出生在美国）而有所不同。一些研究报告称，墨西哥裔美国人往往比墨西哥移民表现出更多的抑郁症状。当前的目标是评估文化适应与出生地身份之间的关联，并探讨抑郁症患病率方面的相对剥夺感。研究参与者包括153名墨西哥裔个体，他们完成了墨西哥裔美国人文化适应评定量表、贝克抑郁量表第二版、修订后的成功广义期望量表以及相对剥夺感相关问题。分析表明，女性以及文化适应得分较低的人报告抑郁症状的可能性显著更高。认为自己的家庭幸福感相对高于欧裔美国人的参与者报告的抑郁症状较少。因此，参与者的性别、文化适应情况以及相对较少的抑郁症状有助于更好地理解这些墨西哥裔美国人和墨西哥移民的抑郁症状。
