Jang Yuri, Chiriboga David A, Kim Giyeon, Rhew Sunghan
Department of Aging and Mental Health Disparities, University of South Florida.
Asian Am J Psychol. 2010 Jun 1;1(2):129-135. doi: 10.1037/a0019967.
This study explored a potential pathway by which perceived discrimination may affect levels of depressive symptoms in a sample of 472 Korean American older adults (M (age)= 69.9, SD = 7.04). Building upon previous studies demonstrating that perceived discrimination has negative impacts on mental health, we hypothesized that sense of control would mediate the associations between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Our analyses showed that the effects of perceived discrimination on depressive symptoms were not only direct but also mediated through a lowered sense of control. Finding that sense of control serves as an intervening step between perceived discrimination and mental health may help explicate the psychological mechanisms involved in responses to discriminatory experience and has implications for intervention strategies.
本研究在472名韩裔美国老年人样本（年龄均值M=69.9，标准差SD=7.04）中探索了一条潜在途径，通过该途径，感知到的歧视可能会影响抑郁症状水平。基于先前研究表明感知到的歧视对心理健康有负面影响，我们假设控制感将介导感知到的歧视与抑郁症状之间的关联。我们的分析表明，感知到的歧视对抑郁症状的影响不仅是直接的，还通过降低的控制感进行介导。发现控制感在感知到的歧视与心理健康之间起干预作用，这可能有助于阐明应对歧视经历所涉及的心理机制，并对干预策略具有启示意义。
