Kolstad Arnulf, Gjesvik Nini
Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2014 Apr;51(2):264-85. doi: 10.1177/1363461514525220.
This study aimed to better understand how minor mental health problems (MMPs) are perceived by well-educated urban dwellers in China who are influenced by Western values. Urban China is a rapidly changing society in which traditional Chinese culture and Western thought coexist. As a result, the established processes of interdependent self-appraisal have been challenged and a sense of a bicultural self has developed among a growing proportion of the population. The fieldwork for this study included interviews and observations. The results are derived mainly from interviews with professional practitioners, students, and lay people from three urban sites. One of the main findings was that respondents who referred to traditional and collectivistic Chinese values tended not to label MMPs as psychiatric disorders or illnesses but as challenges in daily life and relationships strain. While the Western medical model of MMPs considers them a form of illness, they were not viewed in this way in traditional collectivistic China in the past, even among educated urban dwellers. However, the urban and educated Chinese who have developed a stronger sense of a bicultural self are now more likely to perceive and deal with MMPs from a Western viewpoint.
本研究旨在更好地了解受西方价值观影响的中国受过良好教育的城市居民如何看待轻度心理健康问题（MMPs）。中国城市是一个快速变化的社会，传统文化与西方思想并存。因此，既定的相互依存自我评估过程受到了挑战，越来越多的人形成了双文化自我意识。本研究的实地调查包括访谈和观察。研究结果主要来自对来自三个城市地区的专业从业者、学生和普通民众的访谈。主要发现之一是，提及传统和集体主义中国价值观的受访者往往不将轻度心理健康问题视为精神障碍或疾病，而是视为日常生活中的挑战和人际关系紧张。虽然西方医学模式将轻度心理健康问题视为一种疾病形式，但在过去的传统集体主义中国，即使是受过教育的城市居民也不这样认为。然而，现在已经形成更强双文化自我意识的城市和受过教育的中国人更有可能从西方视角去认识和处理轻度心理健康问题。
