The effects of acculturation gap, family conflicts, parental sacrifice, and coping strategies on depressive symptoms among Korean American adolescents
[Thesis]
Yeddi Park
Shibusawa, Tazuko
New York University
2015
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Committee members: Martin, James I.; Mirabito, Diane
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-74812-3
Ph.D.
Social Work
New York University
2015
The present study examined the relationships between acculturation gap, interparental conflict, parent-child conflict, perceived parental sacrifice, engagement coping, and disengagement coping on levels of depression among Korean American youth of immigrant parent(s). The study utilized a cross sectional survey design. Data were collected from Korean ethnic churches in New Jersey and a youth enrichment program based in New York. A total sample was comprised of 340 participants between the ages of 12 and 18. The study questionnaire was comprised of Center for Epidemiological Studies- Depression (CES-D) scale, Acculturative Family Distancing scale (AFD), Parental Sacrifice scale, Asian American Family Conflict scale (FCS), and Children's Perception of Inter-parental Conflict scale (CPIC).
Social research; Social work
Social sciences;Acculturation gap;Asian american adolescents;Coping;Depression;Family conflict;Korean american adolescents