Asian-American college students have reported higher scores of depression than European-American college students. This study examined the mediating effects of loss of face and intergenerational family conflict between race/ethnicity and depression and hypothesized that these variables would explain previously observed depression differences. The sample consisted of 488 undergraduate students: 209 self-identified as Asian American and 279 as European American. Participants filled out paper-and-pencil questionnaires. As predicted, the study found that Asian Americans reported higher scores on depression, loss of face, and intergenerational family conflict than European Americans. Loss of face explained more variance in depression among Asian Americans than European Americans. However, intergenerational family conflict explained equal levels of variance in depression for both groups. A structural equation model revealed that the relationship between race/ethnicity and depression was fully mediated by loss of face and intergenerational family conflict. In conclusion, using the disentangling approach, differences in depression scores between Asian-American and European-American college students can be explained by differences in culturally relevant constructs, such as loss of face and intergenerational family conflict.

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亚裔和欧美大学生的面子、代际家庭冲突和抑郁症。

亚裔美国大学生报告的抑郁症分数高于欧洲裔美国大学生。这项研究检查了丢脸和种族/民族与抑郁之间的代际家庭冲突的中介作用，并假设这些变量可以解释先前观察到的抑郁差异。样本由 488 名本科生组成：209 名自称为亚裔美国人，279 名自称为欧洲裔美国人。参与者填写了纸笔问卷。正如预测的那样，该研究发现亚裔美国人在抑郁、丢脸和代际家庭冲突方面的得分高于欧洲裔美国人。与欧洲裔美国人相比，失去面子的原因是亚裔美国人抑郁症的差异更大。然而，代际家庭冲突解释了两组抑郁症的差异水平相同。一个结构方程模型显示，种族/民族与抑郁之间的关系完全由失去面子和代际家庭冲突所介导。总之，使用解开方法，亚裔美国人和欧洲裔美国大学生之间的抑郁分数差异可以用文化相关结构的差异来解释，例如丢脸和代际家庭冲突。