Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College.
Department of Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment, Boston College.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2018;88(6):636-649. doi: 10.1037/ort0000317. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
Guided by an integrative contextual framework of immigrant youth development (García Coll & Marks, 2012), this study investigated the potential role of developmental (e.g., ethnic identity) and contextual factors (e.g., perceived discrimination, stereotyping) in mental health outcomes and help-seeking attitudes, and variations across gender and nativity among Asian American college students. Online surveys assessing perceived subtle and blatant racism, ethnic identity, the internalization of the model minority stereotype, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and attitudes toward seeking help from mental health professionals were administered to Asian American college student participants (n = 465) from diverse ethnic backgrounds and geographic regions in the United States. The findings support prior research indicating that perceived subtle racism and blatant racism are positively associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms. Further, only certain dimensions of ethnic identity and internalization of the model minority stereotype were found to be associated with mental health outcomes and help-seeking attitudes. The findings did not indicate a significant association between perceived racism and help-seeking attitudes. There were also no significant differences in the relationships among variables across gender and nativity, with the exception of the association between ethnic identity and help-seeking attitudes across gender. The study identified potential risk and protective factors in mental health, while underscoring the multidimensional aspects of social and contextual factors that contribute to mental health and help seeking among Asian American college students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
在移民青年发展的综合背景框架（García Coll 和 Marks，2012）的指导下，本研究调查了发展因素（例如，民族认同）和背景因素（例如，感知歧视、刻板印象）在亚裔美国大学生心理健康结果和寻求帮助态度中的潜在作用，以及性别和出生地差异。在线调查评估了亚裔美国大学生参与者（n=465）对微妙和公然的种族主义、民族认同、模范少数族裔刻板印象内化、抑郁症状、焦虑症状和寻求心理健康专业人员帮助的态度的感知。研究结果支持了先前的研究，表明微妙和公然的种族主义感知与抑郁和焦虑症状呈正相关。此外，只有民族认同和模范少数族裔刻板印象内化的某些维度与心理健康结果和寻求帮助的态度有关。种族主义感知与寻求帮助的态度之间没有明显的关联。在性别和出生地方面，变量之间的关系也没有显著差异，除了民族认同和性别之间寻求帮助的态度之间的关联。该研究确定了心理健康方面的潜在风险和保护因素，同时强调了社会和背景因素的多维度方面对亚裔美国大学生心理健康和寻求帮助的贡献。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2018 APA，保留所有权利）。
