Heurtin-Roberts S, Snowden L, Miller L
Catholic University of America, National Catholic School of Social Service, Washington, DC 20064, USA.
Cult Med Psychiatry. 1997 Sep;21(3):337-63. doi: 10.1023/a:1005389007836.
High levels of anxiety have long been reported for African Americans. Recent analyses of Epidemiological Catchment Area (ECA) data have failed to support this, although contemporary ethnographies have discussed important African American folk idioms of anxiety. This study compares ethnographically reported symptoms of anxiety in African Americans to those reported in the ECA data. A multivariate analysis of female African American and European American differences in comparable ECA and ethnographic symptoms was performed. Significant differences were found not in ethnicity but in education levels. Alternative interpretations are discussed. Methodological problems are discussed highlighting limitations of both household survey research, such as the ECA project, and ethnography.
长期以来，一直有报道称非裔美国人的焦虑水平较高。尽管当代人种志研究讨论了非裔美国人重要的焦虑民间习语，但近期对流行病学集水区（ECA）数据的分析并未支持这一点。本研究将人种志研究报告的非裔美国人焦虑症状与ECA数据中报告的症状进行了比较。对非裔美国女性和欧裔美国女性在可比的ECA和人种志症状方面的差异进行了多变量分析。结果发现，显著差异不在于种族，而在于教育水平。文中讨论了其他解释。还讨论了方法学问题，强调了家庭调查研究（如ECA项目）和人种志研究的局限性。
