University of Mainz, Germany.
University of Mainz, Germany.
J Adolesc. 2018 Feb;63:194-208. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.12.011. Epub 2018 Jan 10.
This study analyzed the unique effects of gender and culture on psychopathology in adolescents from seven countries after controlling for factors which might have contributed to variations in psychopathology. In a sample 2259 adolescents (M = 15 years; 54% female) from France, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Peru, Pakistan, and Poland identity stress, coping with identity stress, maternal parenting (support, psychological control, anxious rearing) and psychopathology (internalizing, externalizing and total symptomatology) were assessed. Due to variations in stress perception, coping style and maternal behavior, these covariates were partialed out before the psychopathology scores were subjected to analyses of variance with gender and country as factors. These analyses leveled out the main effect of country and revealed country-specific gender effects. In four countries, males reported higher internalizing and total symptomatology than females. Partialing out the covariates resulted in a clearer picture of culture-specific and gender-dependent effects on psychopathology, which is helpful in designing interventions.
本研究在控制可能导致精神病理学差异的因素后，分析了性别和文化对来自七个国家的青少年精神病理学的独特影响。在一个包括法国、德国、土耳其、希腊、秘鲁、巴基斯坦和波兰的 2259 名青少年（M=15 岁，女性占 54%）样本中，评估了身份压力、应对身份压力、母亲养育方式（支持、心理控制、焦虑养育）和精神病理学（内化、外化和总症状）。由于压力感知、应对方式和母亲行为的差异，在对精神病理学评分进行方差分析之前，这些协变量被部分剔除，其中性别和国家为因素。这些分析消除了国家的主要影响，并揭示了特定国家的性别影响。在四个国家中，男性报告的内化和总症状比女性更高。协变量的部分剔除更清楚地揭示了文化特异性和性别依赖性对精神病理学的影响，这有助于设计干预措施。
