Arizona State University.
Department of Psychology.
J Couns Psychol. 2019 Jul;66(4):396-408. doi: 10.1037/cou0000347. Epub 2019 Apr 18.
Dignifying the colonizer and depreciating the colonized is a reflection of internalized colonial oppression (i.e., colonial mentality). The current study examined the effect of colonial mentality on depression symptoms in a sample of mainland Puerto Ricans ( = 352). A structural equation model was examined, in which colonial mentality was hypothesized to be directly and positively associated with depression symptoms. The proposed model also tested the indirect effect of colonial mentality on depression symptoms via acculturative stress. Results indicated that a full mediation structural equation model (SEM) had a better fit to the data than our hypothesized partial mediation model. Bias-corrected bootstrapping indicated that the effect of colonial mentality on depressive symptoms was mediated by acculturative stress. That is, colonial mentality increased the risk of experiencing depression symptoms in Puerto Ricans when they felt pressured to maintaining a connection with Puerto Rican culture and society and when they experienced rejection by the society they want to emulate (acculturative stress). The current results underscore the need for researchers and clinicians to consider and assess colonial mentality when conceptualizing depression symptoms among mainland Puerto Ricans. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
使殖民者有尊严，使被殖民者受轻视，这反映了内化的殖民压迫（即殖民心态）。本研究在波多黎各大陆裔人群体中检验了殖民心态对抑郁症状的影响（n = 352）。研究采用结构方程模型，假设殖民心态与抑郁症状呈直接正相关。所提出的模型还检验了通过文化适应压力对抑郁症状的间接影响。结果表明，完整中介结构方程模型（SEM）比我们假设的部分中介模型更适合数据。偏差校正的自举法表明，殖民心态对抑郁症状的影响是通过文化适应压力来介导的。也就是说，当波多黎各人感到有压力去保持与波多黎各文化和社会的联系，并且当他们感受到自己想要效仿的社会的排斥时，殖民心态会增加他们经历抑郁症状的风险（文化适应压力）。目前的结果强调了研究人员和临床医生在概念化波多黎各大陆裔人群体的抑郁症状时，需要考虑和评估殖民心态。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
