Shin K R
Ewha Woman's University, College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.
Women Health. 1994;21(1):73-82. doi: 10.1300/J013v21n01_05.
The purpose of this study was to identify psychosocial predictors of depressive symptoms among Korean-American immigrant women in New York. A sample of 262 women between the ages of 35 and 55 who had resided in the U.S. for 10 years or less completed a survey instrument including measures of depression, acculturative stress, utilization of social support, self-esteem, and socio-economic status. Depressive symptoms were related positively to acculturative stress and negatively to self-esteem and socio-economic status explained significant proportions of variability in depression. Findings suggest a need to implement policies aimed at mitigating the acculturative stresses associated with immigration.
本研究的目的是确定纽约韩裔美国移民女性抑郁症状的社会心理预测因素。262名年龄在35岁至55岁之间、在美国居住10年或以下的女性样本完成了一项调查问卷，其中包括抑郁、文化适应压力、社会支持利用、自尊和社会经济地位等测量指标。抑郁症状与文化适应压力呈正相关，与自尊和社会经济地位呈负相关，自尊和社会经济地位解释了抑郁变异的很大比例。研究结果表明，有必要实施旨在减轻与移民相关的文化适应压力的政策。
