Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2019 Oct;29(12):1725-1738. doi: 10.1177/1049732319831043. Epub 2019 Feb 27.
Latina (female) adolescents are more likely to experience depressive symptoms and less likely to receive mental health services than their non-Latina White peers. We aimed to develop a framework that explains how Latina adolescents experience, self-manage, and seek treatment for depressive symptoms. Latina young women ( = 25, age = 16.8 years) who experienced depressive symptoms during adolescence were recruited from clinical and community settings and interviewed about experiences with depressive symptoms. The framework was developed using constructivist grounded theory methods. Participants experienced a psychosocial problem that we labeled . They responded to this problem through a five-phase psychosocial process that we labeled . Family members, peer groups, and mainstream authorities were influential in how participants experienced these phases. Future research should further develop this framework in diverse samples of Latino/a youth. Clinicians can use this framework in discussions with Latina adolescents about depressive symptoms.
拉丁裔（女性）青少年比非拉丁裔白种人同龄人更有可能经历抑郁症状，而获得心理健康服务的可能性更小。我们旨在制定一个框架，解释拉丁裔青少年如何体验、自我管理和寻求抑郁症状的治疗。从临床和社区环境中招募了经历过青春期抑郁症状的拉丁裔年轻女性（= 25 名，年龄= 16.8 岁），并对她们的抑郁症状经历进行了访谈。该框架是使用建构主义扎根理论方法开发的。参与者经历了我们称之为 的心理社会问题。他们通过我们称之为 的五个阶段的心理社会过程来应对这个问题。家庭成员、同龄群体和主流权威机构对参与者经历这些阶段的方式有影响。未来的研究应该在不同的拉丁裔青年样本中进一步发展这一框架。临床医生可以在与拉丁裔青少年讨论抑郁症状时使用这一框架。
