Department of Psychology, St John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2010 Apr;16(2):274-83. doi: 10.1037/a0017563.
One hundred eighteen Asian Indian immigrants completed questionnaires assessing behavioral acculturation, values enculturation, and perceptions of the psychological and medical determinants of case descriptions of major depression and schizophrenia, as well as treatment-seeking recommendations and stigma associated with treatment seeking. Case vignettes depicted symptoms meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (4th ed., text revision, American Psychiatric Association, 2000) criteria for major depression and schizophrenia. Results revealed that responses to male case vignettes elicited lower levels of endorsement of psychological determinants and higher levels of endorsement of biological determinants in comparison to female case vignettes. Moreover, vignette gender moderated the relationship between behavioral acculturation and perceptions of the psychological basis of the disorders depicted in the vignettes. Both vignette gender and type of disorder moderated the relationship between years in the United States and perceptions of biological determinants. The study findings were consistent with traditional gender ideals among Asian Indians. Moreover, behavioral acculturation appeared to moderate traditional conceptions of masculinity toward greater recognition of the psychological bases of mental disorders.
118 名亚裔印度移民完成了问卷，评估了行为文化适应、价值观文化适应以及对主要抑郁症和精神分裂症病例描述的心理和医学决定因素的看法，以及与寻求治疗相关的建议和耻辱感。病例描述描绘了符合《精神障碍诊断与统计手册》（第 4 版，文本修订版，美国精神病学协会，2000 年）标准的主要抑郁症和精神分裂症的症状。结果表明，与女性病例描述相比，男性病例描述引发了对心理决定因素的较低程度的认可和对生物决定因素的较高程度的认可。此外，病例描述的性别调节了行为文化适应与病例描述中所描绘的疾病的心理基础的看法之间的关系。病例描述的性别和疾病类型都调节了在美国的年数与对生物决定因素的看法之间的关系。研究结果与亚裔印度人中的传统性别观念一致。此外，行为文化适应似乎调节了对男性气质的传统观念，从而更加认识到心理障碍的心理基础。
