Park Gum Ryeong, Son Inseo, Kim Seung-Sup
Social Insurance Research Department, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Sejong, Korea.
Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
J Prev Med Public Health. 2016 Sep;49(5):301-307. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.16.041. Epub 2016 Aug 24.
This study investigated the association between perceived ethnic discrimination and depressive symptoms among biethnic adolescents in South Korea.
We performed a cross-sectional study of 4141 biethnic adolescents using data from the 2012 National Survey of Multicultural Families. Perceived ethnic discrimination was measured using the question "Have you ever been discriminated against or ignored because either of your parents is not a Korean?" with an assessment of depressive symptoms over the past 12 months. Logistic regression was applied to examine potential associations between perceived ethnic discrimination and depressive symptoms.
Among 4141 biethnic adolescents, 558 (13.5%) reported having experienced ethnic discrimination. The most common discriminatory perpetrators were friends (n=241, 5.8%), followed by strangers (n=67, 1.6%). Depressive symptoms were related to experience of ethnic discrimination (odds ratio [OR], 3.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.89 to 4.98) after adjusting for potential confounders. In an analysis focusing on the perpetrators of discrimination, depressive symptoms were found to be associated with perceived ethnic discrimination from friends (OR, 3.95; 95% CI, 2.75 to 5.68), teachers (OR, 4.53; 95% CI, 2.16 to 9.51), family members and relatives (OR, 3.89; 95% CI, 1.59 to 9.48), neighbors (OR, 2.48; 95% CI, 1.14 to 5.38), and strangers (OR, 2.49; 95% CI, 1.30 to 4.79). Furthermore, the OR for depressive symptoms among those exposed to 1, 2, or 3 or more discriminatory perpetrators were 3.61 (95% CI, 2.49 to 5.24), 3.61 (95% CI, 1.68 to 7.74), and 6.69 (95% CI, 2.94 to 15.22), respectively.
According to our findings, friends were the most common perpetrators of discrimination and the experience of ethnic discrimination was associated with depressive symptoms among biethnic adolescents in South Korea.
本研究调查了韩国双族裔青少年中感知到的种族歧视与抑郁症状之间的关联。
我们利用2012年全国多元文化家庭调查的数据，对4141名双族裔青少年进行了一项横断面研究。使用“你是否曾因父母一方不是韩国人而受到歧视或忽视？”这一问题来衡量感知到的种族歧视，并评估过去12个月内的抑郁症状。应用逻辑回归分析来检验感知到的种族歧视与抑郁症状之间的潜在关联。
在4141名双族裔青少年中，558人（13.5%）报告曾经历过种族歧视。最常见的歧视者是朋友（n = 241，5.8%），其次是陌生人（n = 67，1.6%）。在调整潜在混杂因素后，抑郁症状与种族歧视经历相关（优势比[OR]，3.80；95%置信区间[CI]，2.89至4.98）。在一项聚焦于歧视者的分析中，发现抑郁症状与来自朋友（OR，3.95；95%CI，2.75至5.68）、教师（OR，4.53；95%CI，2.16至9.51）、家庭成员和亲属（OR，3.89；95%CI，1.59至9.48）、邻居（OR，2.48；95%CI，1.14至5.38）和陌生人（OR，2.49；95%CI，1.30至4.79）的种族歧视感知相关。此外，接触1名、2名或3名及以上歧视者的青少年中抑郁症状的OR分别为3.61（95%CI，2.49至5.24）、3.61（95%CI，1.68至7.74）和6.69（95%CI，2.94至15.22）。
根据我们的研究结果，朋友是最常见的歧视者，并且在韩国双族裔青少年中，种族歧视经历与抑郁症状相关。
