Acculturation, Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Immigrants in New York City

Bernstein, Kunsook S.; Park, So-Youn; Shin, Jinah; Cho, Sunhee; Park, Yeddi

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“…Each item uses a 6-point Likert scale (0 = never to 5 = almost every day). The Discrimination Scale also includes one additional question on perceived reasons for discrimination with multiple choices (Bernstein, Park, Shin, Cho, & Park, 2011). Construct and content validity were supported, and Cronbach's alpha was .90 to .91 in previous studies (Bernstein et al, 2011).…”

Section: Discrimination Scalementioning

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The effect of a culturally tailored web-based physical activity promotion program on Asian American midlife women’s depressive symptoms

Chee¹,

SangMi²,

Ji³

et al. 2016

Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal

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The benefits of physical activities on depressive symptoms have increasingly been reported in the literature, but the effect through which a Web-based physical activity promotion program alleviates depressive symptoms is not clearly known, especially among ethnic minority midlife women. The purpose of this pilot randomized control study is to examine the preliminary efficacy of the Web-based physical activity promotion program in enhancing the depressive symptoms of Asian American midlife women through increasing physical activity. This study adopted a randomized repeated measures pretest/posttest control group design. This study consisted of two groups of research participants: 18 in an intervention group and 15 in a control group. By using multiple instruments, the participants' background and health status, depressive symptom experience, and physical activity experience were measured at three time points (pre-, post 1-month, and post 3-months). The data were analyzed using a modified intent-to-treat linear mixed-model growth curve analysis. After controlling for covariates, random intercept, and random slope, only discrimination stress showed statistical significances in the group effect (0.18, p = .08 for control) and time effect (-0.04, p = .04), but not in the group × time effect (p = .51). The active living habits scores showed statistical significances in the group effect (0.82, p < 0.01 for control), time effect (0.29, p < 0.01), and group × time effect (-0.31, p = 0.03 for control). Findings support the significant effect of the Web-based physical activity promotion program on the women's discrimination stress and active living habits. Keywords: web-based intervention, depression, physical activity, midlife women, Asian AmericanWith an increasing number of aging racial/ethnic minorities in the United States (Institute of Medicine, 2008), depression has become an important issue in midlife racial/ethnic minorities. Racial/ethnic minorities often tend not to recognize and/or treat depression (Lagomasino et al., 2005;Sin, Jordan, & Park, 2011). Furthermore, racial/ethnic minority immigrants are less likely to be diagnosed compared with non-immigrants, even with those from the same race/ethnicity (Gwynn et al., 2008). Immigrants hardly seek treatment or management of their depression and prematurely quit treatment or management of their depression (Lagomasino et al., 2005;Sin et al., 2011). Furthermore, midlife with hormonal changes is the stage of life with variousCreative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which allows others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can't change them in any way or use them commercially. (Judd, Hickey, & Bryant, 2012;Parry, 2010).Depression has various modes of preventive and therapeutic interventions including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and lifestyle or behavioral modification (Hamer, Endri...

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Section: Discrimination Scalementioning

confidence: 79%

The effect of a culturally tailored web-based physical activity promotion program on Asian American midlife women’s depressive symptoms

Chee¹,

SangMi²,

Ji³

et al. 2016

Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal

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“…Participants reported their age, education, employment, subjective socioeconomic status (SSS), and marital status. Education was coded as: did not graduate high school (1), high school and professional certificate (2), and academic degrees (3). Employment was dichotomized as: employed (1) and unemployed (0).…”

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“…The strongest and most consistent findings show a negative association between perceived discrimination and mental health and self-rated health in oppressed racial groups [1][2][3][4][5]. Discrimination is suggested to be a stressor among individuals that experience discrimination [6] and this may increase use of addictive substances [7][8][9], may influence risk behaviors, prevent lifestyle changes and increase prevalence of hypertension [10][11][12].…”

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confidence: 99%

The Relation Between Discrimination, Sense of Coherence and Health Varies According to Ethnicity: A Study Among Three Distinct Populations in Israel

Baron‐Epel

Berardi

Bellettiere

et al. 2016

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Self-reported experiences of discrimination and sense of coherence (SOC) have been found to be associated with health. A face-to-face survey of Long Term Jewish Residents (LTJR), Arabs and former Soviet Union (fSU) immigrants in Israel was performed. Respondents reported their physical and mental health, self-reported experiences of discrimination, SOC and socioeconomic status. Multivariable logistic regressions and bootstrapping path analyses were performed. Discrimination was associated with health after adjusting for all other variables. SOC was also associated with health. SOC did not mediate the strong association between discrimination and health among Israeli LTJR, but was a significant mediator among Arabs and fSU immigrants. Discrimination seems to have a direct effect on health only among the majority and not among minority populations. High levels of SOC may reduce the negative effects of discrimination on health by serving as a coping resource, however only among minorities.

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“…Approximately, 80% of these youth have parents who have immigrated to the US or who have themselves immigrated to the US as children (Kim, Cain, & McCubbin, 2006;Passel, 2011). Immigration stressors such as cultural differences, discrimination, and changes in social support or income have been associated with mental health problems for these families (Bernstein, Park, Shin, Cho, & Park, 2011;Choi, Miller, & Wilbur, 2009). In spite of these factors, very few studies have examined mental health problems of Korean American adolescents.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mental Health Problems among Korean American Adolescents

Kim¹,

Chen²,

Kools³

et al. 2016

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Korean American adolescents are a population that may be particularly vulnerable to mental health problems because of the potential cultural conflicts they face during an important developmental period. Yet little is known about the prevalence of their mental health problems. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of various mental health problems in a sample of Korean American adolescents, and to identify whether gender or age of the youth are associated with the types or severity of their mental health problems. This cross-sectional study included 138 Korean American adolescents from community settings in California. A demographic questionnaire and the Youth Self Report (YSR) were completed by adolescents. Descriptive analyses and t-tests were used to examine the aims. Percent of the sample falling into "normal", "borderline", and "clinical" ranges for different mental health problems was also determined based on normative scores provided in the YSR manual. Results indicate that 18% of the Korean American adolescents experienced clinically significant mental health problems. Most problems were of the internalizing type such as anxiety and depression where almost 23% of the youth reached the cutoff for clinical significance. The youth also experienced high levels of social problems, thought problems, and attention problems. However, scores for somatic complaints, rulebreaking behavior, and aggressive behavior as well as the composite score for externalizing problems were in the "normal" range. Girls reported higher levels of anxiety/depression and somatic complaints than boys, contributing to their higher internalizing score as well. Boys and older adolescents reported higher levels of rulebreaking behavior. A substantial percent of Korean American adolescents in this sample reported symptoms of anxiety and depression, especially girls. Findings suggest the need to screen for these problems in pediatric care and for development of prevention and referral programs in Korean American communities.

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Acculturation, Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Immigrants in New York City

Cited by 131 publications

References 36 publications

The effect of a culturally tailored web-based physical activity promotion program on Asian American midlife women’s depressive symptoms

The effect of a culturally tailored web-based physical activity promotion program on Asian American midlife women’s depressive symptoms

The Relation Between Discrimination, Sense of Coherence and Health Varies According to Ethnicity: A Study Among Three Distinct Populations in Israel

Mental Health Problems among Korean American Adolescents

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