Hener T, Weller A, Shor R
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 1997 Winter;43(4):247-56. doi: 10.1177/002076409704300402.
Depression amongst immigrant students from the former Soviet Union was assessed as an index of the stage of their acculturation into the new host society, Israel. At the beginning of the first year of nursing school, three groups completed the Beck Depression Inventory. The two groups of immigrants: immigrant nurses preparing for licensing (N = 26) and immigrant students (N = 16), reported mild levels of depression, while Israeli students (N = 33) were significantly less depressed, within the normal range. Six months later, both immigrant groups were within the normal range, the immigrant nurses group showing the greatest decrease in depression. This change may be explained by adaptation to the educational setting, mastering the host society's language and social anchorage. The importance of background variables for predicting depression reduction is examined. The findings are discussed within the framework of multistage models of acculturation and the implications for counseling immigrant students are presented.
对来自前苏联的移民学生的抑郁状况进行了评估，以此作为他们融入新的东道国社会——以色列的适应阶段指标。在护理学校第一年开始时，三组学生完成了贝克抑郁量表测试。两组移民学生：准备获取执照的移民护士（N = 26）和移民学生（N = 16），报告称有轻度抑郁，而以色列学生（N = 33）的抑郁程度明显较低，处于正常范围内。六个月后，两个移民组都处于正常范围，其中移民护士组的抑郁程度下降最为明显。这种变化可能是由于对教育环境的适应、掌握东道国社会的语言以及社会融入所致。研究考察了背景变量对预测抑郁减轻的重要性。研究结果在文化适应的多阶段模型框架内进行了讨论，并阐述了对移民学生咨询辅导的启示。
