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青少年移民中的歧视感知与抑郁症状
—— Perceived Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Immigrant-Origin Adolescents
日期:2016-12-16

内容摘要: 摘要:虽然研究发现歧视加重了移民人口的心理痛苦,但很少有关外国出生的移民和美国出生的移民青少年在学校里的种族和民族歧视之间的关系的研究。本研究探讨成人和学校学生中歧视的感知与抑郁症状之间的关系,一个城市高中的 95个少数民族移民来源的青少年(13岁至19岁)参加了受访。我们研究了不同性别和出生状况(外国出生与美国出生的)的歧视感知与抑郁症状之间的关系,以及民族认同与社会支持的潜在的调节作用。与以往的研究一致,女孩比男孩表现出更高水平的抑郁症状,虽然歧视感知和抑郁症状之间的关系对男孩和女孩都是显著的。对美国出生的青少年,成年人和学校同龄人感知的歧视与抑郁症状呈正相关。对美国出生的青少年来说,种族认同减轻了成人的歧视感知对抑郁症状的负面影响。然而,种族认同并没有调节同辈的歧视感知和抑郁症状之间的关系。社会支持并没有调节成人和同伴之间的歧视和抑郁症状的关系,无论是外国出生的或美国出生的青少年都是如此。本研究结果支持了先前的研究,即,有关移民自相矛盾的说法,并强调在歧视感知和心理健康之间的关系中环境的重要性。本文也讨论了未来的研究和干预的意义。


Abstract: Abstract: Although discrimination has been found to contribute to psychological distress among immigrant populations, there are few studies that have examined the relationship between racial and ethnic discrimination in the school setting among foreign-born immigrant and U.S.-born immigrant-origin adolescents. This study examined the relationship between perceived discrimination by adults and peers in the school setting and depressive symptoms in a sample (N = 95) of racial minority immigrant-origin adolescents (13 to 19 years of age) attending an urban high school. We examined the relation between perceived discrimination and depressive symptomology across gender and nativity status (foreign born vs. U.S. born), and the potential moderating role of ethnic identity and social support. Consistent with previous research, girls reported higher levels of depressive symptomology than boys, although the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms was significant for both boys and girls. Perceived discrimination by adults and by peers at school was positively related to depressive symptoms for U.S.-born adolescents. For U.S.-born adolescents, ethnic identity mitigated the negative effects of perceived adult discrimination on depressive symptoms. However, ethnic identity did not moderate the relationship between perceived peer discrimination and depressive symptoms. Social support did not moderate the relationship between adult and peer discrimination and depressive symptoms for either foreign-born or U.S.-born adolescents. The findings support previous research concerning the immigrant paradox and highlight the importance of context in the relationship between perceived discrimination and mental health. Implications for future research and intervention are discussed.


作者:Tummala-Narra, Pratyusha, 周学文(译)

来源: 《CULTURAL DIVERSITY & ETHNIC MINORITY PSYCHOLOGY 》 2013年


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