Acculturation and severity of depression among first-generation Vietnamese outpatients in Germany
| Autor: | Anita von Poser, Thi Minh Tam Ta, Ronald Burian, Annegret Dreher, Main Huong Nguyen, Katja Wingenfeld, Hannah Burian, Albert Diefenbacher, Simon Wolf, Malte Stopsack, Iris T Graef-Calliess, Eric Hahn, Michael Dettling |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Vietnamese Population Ethnic group 050109 social psychology Southeast asian Severity of Illness Index Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Asian People Germany Surveys and Questionnaires Outpatients medicine Humans Outpatient clinic 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry education Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Transients and Migrants education.field_of_study Depression business.industry 05 social sciences Middle Aged Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health Acculturation language.human_language 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Vietnam language Regression Analysis Female business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |
| ISSN: | 1741-2854 0020-7640 |
| Popis: | Background Challenges of migration, particularly concerning the process of acculturation are associated with an increased risk of mental illness. Vietnamese migrants constitute the largest Southeast Asian migrant group in Germany, yet there is no data on the relationship between the mental health status and acculturation among this population. Aims Therefore, the present study examines the relationship between two well-established dimensions of acculturation, that is, dominant society immersion (DSI) and ethnic society immersion (ESI), the four resulting acculturation strategies (integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization), and severity of depression. Methods A sample of N = 113 first-generation Vietnamese outpatients from a psychiatric outpatient clinic for Vietnamese migrants in Germany was studied regarding their self-reported depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)) and acculturation (Stephenson Multigroup Acculturation Scale (SMAS)). Results Consistent with the hypotheses, patients reported less severe depressive symptoms, when they reported higher orientation toward the German and the Vietnamese society. Moreover, the results showed that integrated patients reported a lower severity of depression compared to marginalized patients, who reported the highest severity of depression. Conclusions The findings indicate that among a sample of first-generation Vietnamese patients with depression, an orientation to both, the mainstream society and one's heritage society might serve as a potential resource. The rejection of any orientation to any society is associated with an increased risk for depression. |
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