title: Asian Americans' adherence to Asian values, attributions about depression, and coping strategies.
abstract: Using Brickman et al.'s (1982) theoretical framework of responsibility attributions, the authors examined the relationships among adherence to Asian values, attributions about the cause of and solution to depression, and preferred coping strategies in a nonclinical sample of Asian Americans. Results of a path analysis (N = 238) indicate that attribution of cause fully mediated the relations between adherence to Asian values and use of coping strategies. Adherence to Asian values was positively related to attributing the cause of depression to internal factors, which was in turn associated with greater use of disengagement coping strategies and decreased use of engagement coping strategies. In addition, an internal attribution for the solution to depressive symptoms was related to more reliance on engagement coping strategies and a lower use of disengagement coping strategies. Practical implications of the results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University.
authors.forename: Y Joel
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: Seong-Hyeon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: Kimberly K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tran
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult