ABSTRACT

This study examines the depressive symptom trajectories in middle-school adolescents from multicultural families in South Korea and explores their predictors from the ecological systems perspective. Using the latent growth model, we analysed a sample from the Multicultural Adolescents Panel Survey (2014–2016). Our findings revealed that depressive symptoms increased persistently with age. Girls presented a systematically higher risk of depressive symptoms than boys. Family support, two-parent families, parental monitoring, learning, friendships, positive perceptions about the residential area, and good health reduced depressive symptoms. Parental neglect, bullying, parental involvement in children’s grade, and acculturative stress increased depressive symptoms.

摘要

本研究调查了来自韩国多元文化家庭的中学青少年的抑郁症状轨迹，并从生态系统的角度探讨了它们的预测因素。使用潜在增长模型，我们分析了多元文化青少年小组调查（2014-2016 年）的样本。我们的研究结果表明，随着年龄的增长，抑郁症状持续增加。与男孩相比，女孩出现系统性抑郁症状的风险更高。家庭支持、双亲家庭、父母监护、学习、友谊、对居住区的积极看法以及良好的健康状况可减少抑郁症状。父母的忽视、欺凌、父母对孩子成绩的参与以及文化适应压力增加了抑郁症状。