Ethnic and generational influences on emotional distress and risk behaviors among Chinese and Filipino American adolescents

Willgerodt, Mayumi; Thompson, Elaine Adams

doi:10.1002/nur.20146

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“…Congruent with our results, Shrake and Rhee found that Korean American adolescents had high levels of anxiety/depression and social problems and low levels of rulebreaking behavior. These findings are also consistent with previous results of ethnic group comparisons, indicating that Asian American adolescents had more anxiety disorders and social problems but less delinquent behavior than European American adolescents, although some Asian American subgroup differences were found (Lorenzo, Frost, & Reinherz, 2000;Nguyen et al, 2004;Willgerodt & Thompson, 2006;Yeh, 2003).…”

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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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Mental Health Problems among Korean American Adolescents

Kim¹,

Chen²,

Kools³

et al. 2016

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“…However, epidemiological surveys show that relatively few parents (approximately 14%) participate in any form of parent education and exposure to evidence based intervention is lower (Sanders et al 1999). Parents from culturally diverse backgrounds are even less likely than other families to access parenting programs (Cunningham et al 2000;Katz et al 2007;Sawrikar and Katz 2008) and this is despite the fact that culturally diverse children can be at a greater risk for developing behaviour problems (McCabe et al 2005;McKay et al 1996;Willgerodt and Thompson 2006).…”

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Is the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program Acceptable to Parents from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds?

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Behavioural parenting programs are an effective intervention for behavioural and emotional problems in children, however these programs have low utilisation rates by culturally diverse parents. We examined the cultural acceptability of program materials, preferences for delivery methods, and barriers to use of the Triple PPositive Parenting Program. One hundred and thirty seven parents watched a video outlining the 17 strategies in Triple P and read through a tip sheet before completing a series of questionnaires. Results revealed that parents found the strategies highly acceptable, highly useful, were very likely to use the strategies and reported currently using the strategies often. They also rated the program materials as very culturally appropriate and identified group, seminar, television, and individual as the most preferred delivery methods. Parents identified location and timing of services, financial cost, and competing work commitments as the most frequently cited barriers to accessing a parenting intervention. The findings of this study suggest that elements of parenting programs may not be contributing to the low rates of access among culturally diverse parents. These findings highlight the need for more research addressing variables that may contribute to increasing culturally diverse parents' access of behavioural parenting programs.

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“…There is documentation indicating that Asian children were more likely to make somatic complaints than non-Asian groups (Greenberger & Chen, 1996;Willgerodt & Thompson, 2006). The participants in this study also scored a marginally significant level in somatisation.…”

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confidence: 68%

Social competence of Mandarin-speaking immigrant children in childcare

Ren

2014

Early Child Development and Care

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This study aims to examine social competence of Chinese immigrant children and its associations with age, length of attendance in childcare, gender, generational status and proficiencies in English and Mandarin Chinese. One hundred Mandarin-speaking children aged three to five years from 15 childcare centres in Sydney were assessed by normed English and Mandarin tests. Childcare educators rated the children's social competence questionnaires. The results indicated that Chinese children performed well in social competence although the children aged three years had a higher anxiety level than the normative sample. Age, length of attendance in childcare, gender and generational status were associated with some subscales of the social competence measure. English level was associated negatively with hyperactivity, atypicality, withdrawal, somatisation and attention problems but positively with adaptability, social skills and functional communication. Mandarin level was associated positively with somatisation but negatively with withdrawal. Possible explanations of these associations are discussed with the literature.

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Ethnic and generational influences on emotional distress and risk behaviors among Chinese and Filipino American adolescents

Cited by 59 publications

References 43 publications

Mental Health Problems among Korean American Adolescents

Mental Health Problems among Korean American Adolescents

Is the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program Acceptable to Parents from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds?

Social competence of Mandarin-speaking immigrant children in childcare

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