Self-concealment, social self-efficacy, acculturative stress, and depression in African, Asian, and Latin American international college students.
The primary purpose of this exploratory investigation was to examine self-concealment behaviors and social self-efficacy skills as potential mediators in the relationship between acculturative stress and depression in a sample of 320 African, Asian, and Latin American international college students. The authors found several differences by demography with regard to the study's variables. After controlling for regional group membership, sex, and English language fluency, they found that self-concealment and social self-efficacy did not serve as mediators in the relationship between African, Asian, and Latin American international students' acculturative stress experiences and depressive symptomatology. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Madonna G
MG
Constantine
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sumie
S
Okazaki
Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, Howard University.
Shawn O
SO
Utsey
D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012650:Self Disclosure; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities