Semel Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Psychiatry and Bio-Behavioral Sciences, 760 Westwood Plaza, #28-261, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2013 Apr-Jul;83(2 Pt 3):372-85. doi: 10.1111/ajop.12018.
Acculturation is an important and popular cultural research variable among specific ethnic populations that is used to explain the process of assimilating into the host culture. Acculturation has often been used to account for psychosocial changes and health outcomes and has been used to explain health disparities among ethnic groups. Using Asian Americans as an illustrative ethnic group, the authors see that researchers have highlighted the influence of acculturation on health outcomes. Some researchers suggest that this relationship is positive, whereas others postulate that the opposite is true. Because of the highly complex and divergent findings in the literature, this meta-analysis addresses the question of how acculturation (as measured by acculturation scales) is related to depression (a specific mental health outcome) among the Asian American population living in North America. Analyses were based on 38 studies. The meta-analyses reveal that when acculturation is measured as assimilation to the American culture, there is a small but statistically significant negative relationship between acculturation and depression scores. When acculturation is measured as orientation to the Asian culture, the relationship between acculturation and depression scores is also negative, but not statistically significant.
文化适应是特定族群中一个重要且流行的文化研究变量，用于解释融入主流文化的过程。文化适应经常被用来解释心理社会变化和健康结果，并被用来解释族群之间的健康差异。以亚裔美国人为例，作者发现研究人员强调了文化适应对健康结果的影响。一些研究人员认为这种关系是积极的，而另一些人则假设相反的情况。由于文献中存在高度复杂和不同的发现，这项荟萃分析探讨了在北美生活的亚裔美国人中，文化适应（通过文化适应量表衡量）与抑郁（一种特定的心理健康结果）之间的关系。分析基于 38 项研究。荟萃分析显示，当文化适应被衡量为对美国文化的同化时，文化适应与抑郁评分之间存在微小但具有统计学意义的负相关关系。当文化适应被衡量为对亚洲文化的取向时，文化适应与抑郁评分之间的关系也是负相关的，但没有统计学意义。
