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Korean American Adolescent Depression and Parenting
Author(s) -
Kim Eunjung,
Cain Kevin C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2008.00137.x
Subject(s) - acculturation , depressive symptoms , ethnic group , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychology , mental health , intervention (counseling) , association (psychology) , adolescent health , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , anxiety , psychotherapist , nursing , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
PROBLEM: Korean American adolescents tend to experience more mental health problems than adolescents in other ethnic groups.METHODS: The goal of this study was to examine the association between Korean American parent–adolescent relationships and adolescents’ depressive symptoms in 56 families.FINDINGS: Thirty‐nine percent of adolescents reported elevated depressive symptoms. Adolescents’ perceived low maternal warmth and higher intergenerational acculturation conflicts with fathers were significant predictors for adolescent depressive symptoms.CONCLUSIONS: The findings can be used to develop a family intervention program, the aim of which would be to decrease adolescent depressive symptoms by promoting parental warmth and decreasing parent–adolescent acculturation conflicts.