Psychosocial correlates and depression in Vietnamese adolescents

Abstract

This paper reports findings on depression in a sample of 38 Vietnamese adolescents. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to examine the empirical use of psychosocial variables and stressful life event measures in predicting depression. Self-esteem (Esteem) and SLEs scales were entered in blocks and explained for 68 percent of the total variance in depression (CES-D scale). Esteem accounts for 30 percent of the overall variance. The SLE block contributes another 39 percent above and beyond in the prediction of depression. Death, PTSD, and Peer stress scales were significant predictors (p < .01). The mean CES-D depression score was 16.32 (SD = 10.95). A cutoff score of 16 was used to classify those adolescents who were depressed from those who were not depressed (Radloff, 1977).

The Medicalization of Ethnicity in Vietnamese-American Women: Cosmetic Surgery and Hybridization

“…To cut, alter, or remove any part of the body is a crime against one's parents, as well as the heavens. Findings for this study support other research on Vietnamese cultural identity (DuongTran 1996;Kibria 1993;Matsuoka, 1993;Nguyen 2005). The distinctive features of family life, particularly its cooperative and collective manifestations, remain a source of cultural pride and self-esteem.…”

“…Studies have found that Vietnamese women acculturate differently from Vietnamese men (DuongTran, 1996;Kibria, 1993;Matsuoka, 1993).…”

Suicidal ideation among American Indian youth

“…However, DuongTran (1996) Some studies do not provide support for the hypothesized relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms, however. In a study cited in this subsection, DuongTran (1996) failed to find statistically-significant relationships between two types of stressful life events (academic stressors and adjustment problems in the family) and depressive symptoms in a multiple regression model (coefficients not reported).…”

“…It was hypothesized that Negative Life Events would be positively related to Depressive Symptoms (Path J, Figure 1), and a significant amount of research evidence supports this hypothesis (e.g., Allgood-Merten, Lewinsohn, & Hops, 1990;Cheng & Lam, 1997;DuBois, Felner, Sherman, & Bull, 1994;DuongTran, 1996;Ge, Lorenz, Conger, Elder, & Simons, 1994;Siddique & D'Arcy, 1984;Swearingen & Cohen, 1985). No study (of which I am aware) has examined the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms among American TnrKan youth.…”

“…In a study cited in this subsection, DuongTran (1996) failed to find statistically-significant relationships between two types of stressful life events (academic stressors and adjustment problems in the family) and depressive symptoms in a multiple regression model (coefficients not reported). In another study cited in this subsection, Cheng and Lam (1997) failed to find a statistically-significant direct effect of life events on depressive symptoms (they found a statistically-significant indirect effect of life events on depressive symptoms via problem-solving deficits and self-esteem, however;…”