Correlates of depression in Asian-American adolescents in New York City
View File(s)
Visitor Statistics
Visits vs Downloads
Visitors - World Map
Top Visiting Countries
Country | Visits |
---|
Top Visiting Cities
City | Visits |
---|
Visits (last 6 months)
Downloads (last 6 months)
Popular Works for Rosario-Sim, Maria by View
Title | Page Views |
---|
Popular Works for Rosario-Sim, Maria by Download
Title | Downloads |
---|
View Citations
Citations
Purpose: To conduct an exploratory study of the correlates of depressive symptoms among Asian-American adolescents in New York City. A high rate of depressive symptoms was discovered in both smokers and nonsmokers for a study of smoking behaviors among Asian-American adolescents in New York City which prompted the investigators to explore the correlates of depression among this sample. The following hypothesis was addressed: Adolescents who have increased depressive-symptom scores are more likely to be older, female, less English language acculturated, have poor academic performance, not currently enrolled in school, arrived in the United States after seven years of age, have less parental education, and a current smoker than those who have lower depressive symptom scores.
Methods: This descriptive, correlational study was conducted at several organizational sites that serve Asian-American adolescents in New York City. A convenience sample of 328 Asian-American adolescents, ages 16 to 19 were recruited for the study. Demographic, depression (CES-D Scale) questionnaire, Acculturation Scale (English language usage questionnaire), age of arrival in the United States and smoking questionnaire were completed. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the main hypothesis.
Results: The study found that being older, being more English-language acculturated, having poor academic performance, arrival in the United States and current smoking status were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. A very significant correlate of depressive symptoms found was smoking.
Conclusion: Depressive symptoms may be prevalent among Asian-American adolescents. The findings may not provide conclusive evidence on why these adolescents feel depressed and how prevention and intervention programs may be developed, but these findings add valuable information on the mental well-being of Asian-American adolescents in New York City. It is critical to focus attention on this significant health problem and essential that smoking prevention programs are culturally and ethnically sensitive to the needs of Asian-American adolescents.
Items submitted to a conference/event were evaluated/peer-reviewed at the time of abstract submission to the event. No other peer-review was provided prior to submission to the Henderson Repository.
Type | Presentation |
Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
Review Type | Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host |
Format | Text-based Document |
Evidence Level | N/A |
Research Approach | N/A |
Keywords | Depression; Asian-Americans; Smoking |
Name | 23rd International Nursing Research Congress |
Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
Location | Brisbane, Australia |
Date | 2012 |
All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.
All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.
All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subjects.
-
Nursing faculty's cultural competency of LGBT population
Caboral-Stevens, Meriam; Sedhom, Laila; Lovence, Keisha; Rosario-Sim, Maria (2017-10-11)The purpose of this presentation is to present the findings of the study examining the cultural competency of nursing faculty of the lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population. Full time and part time nursing ... -
The use of medical cannabis for treatment of chronic neuropathic pain: An integrative research review
Van Dover, Brittany L.; Rosario-Sim, MariaThe use of medical cannabis as treatment for chronic neuropathic pain is increasing in popularity as an alternative for opioids and other neuropathic agents. The aim of this integrative research review (IRR) was to explore ... -
An evidence-based approach to support student success in a BSN program: WIN Project
Rosario-Sim, Maria (2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Background Statement: SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Nursing (CN) has implemented a three-prong approach to enrich the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) ... -
Evaluation of a school nurse-led intervention for children with severe obesity in New York City schools
Schroeder, KristaBackground and Significance: Severe childhood obesity, the fastest growing subcategory of childhood obesity, affects 4-6% of youth. Children from racial/ethnic minority groups and low income households are disproportionately ... -
Evaluation of a school nurse-led obesity program for severely obese New York City public school students
Schroeder, Krista; Jia, Haomiao; Wang, Y. Claire; Smaldone, Arlene (2016-10-07)The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to evaluate the Healthy Options and Physical Activity Program (HOP), a school nurse-led childhood obesity initiative for severely obese New York City Public School students. Aims ...