Baker Cathy J
Cathy J. Baker, PhD, RN, CNS, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2016 Sep;22(5):368-77. doi: 10.1177/1078390316654209. Epub 2016 Jun 20.
Previous studies regarding depressive symptoms and acculturative stress among immigrants have been limited to the initial period after immigration.
The relationships between depressive symptoms, acculturation, and acculturative stress among immigrants from the former Soviet Union were examined in this descriptive study.
Eighty immigrants from the former Soviet Union who had immigrated within the past 20 years were recruited in various community locations.
Participants (N = 80), including recent and longer residing immigrants, reported elevated depressive symptoms and acculturative stress. Acculturative stress predicted depressive symptoms, controlling for dominant culture (American) immersion. However, length of time in the United States was not associated with depressive symptoms, ethnic culture immersion, or acculturative stress.
Our results suggest that elevated depressive symptoms are related to acculturative stress but are not confined to the initial adjustment period. Steps to decrease acculturative stress might help decrease depressive symptoms in immigrants regardless of the number of years lived in the United States.
先前关于移民中抑郁症状和文化适应压力的研究仅限于移民后的初始阶段。
在这项描述性研究中，对来自前苏联的移民中抑郁症状、文化适应和文化适应压力之间的关系进行了研究。
在不同社区地点招募了80名在过去20年内移民的前苏联移民。
参与者（N = 80），包括近期和长期居住的移民，报告了抑郁症状和文化适应压力的升高。在控制了主流文化（美国）融入情况后，文化适应压力可预测抑郁症状。然而，在美国的居住时间与抑郁症状、民族文化融入或文化适应压力无关。
我们的结果表明，抑郁症状的升高与文化适应压力有关，但并不局限于初始调整期。降低文化适应压力的措施可能有助于减少移民中的抑郁症状，无论其在美国居住的年限如何。
