Personal goals and depression among Vietnamese American and European American young adults: a mediational analysis.
The authors report preliminary findings supporting the utility of the self-concordance model (K. M. Sheldon & A. J. Elliot, 1999) as an alternative approach to studying depression among Vietnamese American (N = 121) and European American (N = 155) college students. The participants completed measures of personal goals, goal self-concordance, and depression. Compared with the European American participants, the Vietnamese American participants reported higher levels of depression and lower levels of goal self-concordance. According to mediational analyses, ethnicity no longer accounted for significant variance in depression after the authors statistically controlled for goal self-concordance.
Ong
Anthony D
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Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-1061, USA. eudamonia@lycos.com
Phinney
Jean S
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D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002140:California; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*