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.
Constantine
Madonna G
MG
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Okazaki
Sumie
S
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Utsey
Shawn O
SO
Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, Howard University.
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