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Acculturation, Competence, and Mental Health Among South Asian Students in the United States

✍ Scribed by Omar Rahman; David Rollock

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 741 KB
Volume: 32
Category: Article
ISSN: 0883-8534
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2004.tb00366.x

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✦ Synopsis

Among 199 South Asian international students in the United States, higher levels of depressive symptoms were predicted by higher perceived prejudice and lower self‐reported competence in work, personal/social efficacy, and intracultural behaviors. Relationships among the predictors and depressive symptoms differed by gender. Implications for theory, research, and mental health interventions are discussed.

Entre 199 estudiantes internacionales Surasiáticos en los Estados Unidos, altos niveles de síntomas depressivos fueron pronosticado por el prejuicio mas percibido y el bajo alto informo de capacidad en el trabajo, en la eficacia personal/social y la funcion intracultural. Las relaciones entre los pronosticadores y los síntomas depressivos diferidos por el género. Las implicaciones para teoría, investigaciones, y las intervenciones mentales de la salud se discuten.

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