{"title":"Disenfranchisement and Voting Opportunity Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities","authors":"Sarah Lineberry, M. Bogenschutz","doi":"10.1086/717759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/717759","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72763487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaipeng Wang, Xiang Gao, F. Sun, Carson M. De Fries
Objectives: In China, the high prevalence of cognitive impairment among older adults affects millions of family caregivers and raises concerns for caregiver burden, depression, and other mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between coping strategies and caregiver burden and depression among Chinese caregivers of older adults with cognitive impairment. Method: Data came from structured interviews with 300 primary family caregiver–care recipient dyads in Wuhan, China. Coping strategies were measured by the Brief COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) survey, caregiver burden was measured by the Zarit Burden Interview, and depression was measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. We used ordinary least squares regression to examine the association between coping strategies and caregiver burden and depression. Results: More positive reframing and acceptance were associated with lower caregiver burden, whereas more self-distraction was associated with higher caregiver burden. More positive reframing was associated with lower caregiver depression, whereas higher self-distraction and religion were associated with higher caregiver depression. Conclusions: Findings are of particular importance in developing and refining mental health interventions to prevent and reduce caregiver burden and stress by advocating for resources and training to facilitate effective positive reframing.
{"title":"The Association Between Coping Strategies and Caregiver Burden and Depression Among Caregivers of Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment in China","authors":"Kaipeng Wang, Xiang Gao, F. Sun, Carson M. De Fries","doi":"10.1086/717758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/717758","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: In China, the high prevalence of cognitive impairment among older adults affects millions of family caregivers and raises concerns for caregiver burden, depression, and other mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between coping strategies and caregiver burden and depression among Chinese caregivers of older adults with cognitive impairment. Method: Data came from structured interviews with 300 primary family caregiver–care recipient dyads in Wuhan, China. Coping strategies were measured by the Brief COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) survey, caregiver burden was measured by the Zarit Burden Interview, and depression was measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. We used ordinary least squares regression to examine the association between coping strategies and caregiver burden and depression. Results: More positive reframing and acceptance were associated with lower caregiver burden, whereas more self-distraction was associated with higher caregiver burden. More positive reframing was associated with lower caregiver depression, whereas higher self-distraction and religion were associated with higher caregiver depression. Conclusions: Findings are of particular importance in developing and refining mental health interventions to prevent and reduce caregiver burden and stress by advocating for resources and training to facilitate effective positive reframing.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"703 - 720"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90073296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article provides a social work approach to reviewing the grey literature as part of a scoping or systematic review that attends to all layers of the social ecology through a person-in-environment framework. Little guidance exists on how to conduct a grey literature review specific to social work. Yet, consulting the grey literature—which often includes knowledge generated by practitioners and community members outside of academia—aligns with social work’s commitment to social justice, integrity, and competence because the grey literature contains case-specific and contemporary information about social work practice. Although academic knowledge about addressing injustices has value, it is often constrained by the neoliberal political economy, which emphasizes depoliticized market-based solutions to social issues and (re)produces inequities. Consequently, sole reliance on academic evidence compromises social workers’ ethical commitment to integrity, competence, and social justice. We use a scoping review focused on restorative and transformative justice responses to sexual violence as a case study demonstrating the value of grey literature in social work. We argue that grey literature should be part of evidence-informed ethical social work practice and recommend a social work approach to reviewing the grey literature that incorporates the person-in-environment framework.
{"title":"Bridging the Grey Gap: Conducting Grey Literature Reviews for Ethical Social Work Practice and Research","authors":"M. Christensen, J. Todić, Sheila M. McMahon","doi":"10.1086/717731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/717731","url":null,"abstract":"This article provides a social work approach to reviewing the grey literature as part of a scoping or systematic review that attends to all layers of the social ecology through a person-in-environment framework. Little guidance exists on how to conduct a grey literature review specific to social work. Yet, consulting the grey literature—which often includes knowledge generated by practitioners and community members outside of academia—aligns with social work’s commitment to social justice, integrity, and competence because the grey literature contains case-specific and contemporary information about social work practice. Although academic knowledge about addressing injustices has value, it is often constrained by the neoliberal political economy, which emphasizes depoliticized market-based solutions to social issues and (re)produces inequities. Consequently, sole reliance on academic evidence compromises social workers’ ethical commitment to integrity, competence, and social justice. We use a scoping review focused on restorative and transformative justice responses to sexual violence as a case study demonstrating the value of grey literature in social work. We argue that grey literature should be part of evidence-informed ethical social work practice and recommend a social work approach to reviewing the grey literature that incorporates the person-in-environment framework.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"27 1","pages":"609 - 635"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90210393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Objective: Exposure to police violence is a public health concern for Black emerging adults ages 18–29 given its prevalence and association with negative health outcomes. However, research examining the role of perceived police legitimacy in the relationship between exposure to police use of force and personal safety interventions is scant. This study investigated the mediating role of perceived police legitimacy in the relationship between exposure to police use of force and personal safety interventions (reliance on police, self, or others) in a sample of Black emerging adults. Method: We administered computer-assisted surveys to English-speaking Black emerging-adult college students (N=300) in St. Louis, MO, with a history of exposure to police use of force. Results: Findings from a bivariate analysis showed that exposures to police use of force as a victim, witness, or in the media were all significantly associated with perceptions of police as being less legitimate. In addition, findings from a path analysis revealed an indirect-only mediation effect of perceptions of police as being less legitimate in the relationship between seeing videos of police use of force in media and less reliance on police for personal safety. Conclusions: Attenuating gratuitous police use of force toward Black emerging adults is paramount for improving perceived legitimacy and trust in police to ensure personal safety for this population.
{"title":"Exposure to Police Use of Force, Perceived Police Legitimacy, and Personal Safety Interventions Among Black Emerging Adult College Students","authors":"Robert O Motley, S. Joe","doi":"10.1086/717586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/717586","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Exposure to police violence is a public health concern for Black emerging adults ages 18–29 given its prevalence and association with negative health outcomes. However, research examining the role of perceived police legitimacy in the relationship between exposure to police use of force and personal safety interventions is scant. This study investigated the mediating role of perceived police legitimacy in the relationship between exposure to police use of force and personal safety interventions (reliance on police, self, or others) in a sample of Black emerging adults. Method: We administered computer-assisted surveys to English-speaking Black emerging-adult college students (N=300) in St. Louis, MO, with a history of exposure to police use of force. Results: Findings from a bivariate analysis showed that exposures to police use of force as a victim, witness, or in the media were all significantly associated with perceptions of police as being less legitimate. In addition, findings from a path analysis revealed an indirect-only mediation effect of perceptions of police as being less legitimate in the relationship between seeing videos of police use of force in media and less reliance on police for personal safety. Conclusions: Attenuating gratuitous police use of force toward Black emerging adults is paramount for improving perceived legitimacy and trust in police to ensure personal safety for this population.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"104 1","pages":"653 - 675"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80535980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Objective: The social work profession pays less than other occupations with similar educational and training requirements and still penalizes women with lower pay. However, licensure has the potential to improve the earnings of social workers and affect gender disparity in earnings among licensed social workers. This study aims to estimate (a) the license-related earnings premiums of college-educated social workers and (b) the gender effect on earnings among licensed social workers. Method: We used a nationally representative sample of 1,515 U.S. social workers from the 2015–2019 Current Population Survey and conducted marginal treatment effect analyses. Results: The average license-related weekly earnings premium was $110 for all social workers and $128 for licensed social workers. Gender disparity in earnings was concentrated among licensed social workers. Conclusions: The size of license-related earnings premiums for social workers is within the range of the premiums reported in the literature. More studies are needed to identify mechanisms that perpetuate gender disparity in earnings among licensed social workers.
{"title":"Social Work Licensure: Earnings Premium and Gender Disparity","authors":"Jeounghee Kim, Michael M. Joo, Laura Curran","doi":"10.1086/717330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/717330","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The social work profession pays less than other occupations with similar educational and training requirements and still penalizes women with lower pay. However, licensure has the potential to improve the earnings of social workers and affect gender disparity in earnings among licensed social workers. This study aims to estimate (a) the license-related earnings premiums of college-educated social workers and (b) the gender effect on earnings among licensed social workers. Method: We used a nationally representative sample of 1,515 U.S. social workers from the 2015–2019 Current Population Survey and conducted marginal treatment effect analyses. Results: The average license-related weekly earnings premium was $110 for all social workers and $128 for licensed social workers. Gender disparity in earnings was concentrated among licensed social workers. Conclusions: The size of license-related earnings premiums for social workers is within the range of the premiums reported in the literature. More studies are needed to identify mechanisms that perpetuate gender disparity in earnings among licensed social workers.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"52 1","pages":"591 - 608"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81103096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William Elliott, N. Sorensen, Megan S. O'Brien, Zibei Chen, Briana Starks, Haotian Zheng
Children’s savings accounts (CSAs) are designed for accumulating higher education savings with specific incentives and explicit structures to encourage savings, but often benefit low-income families the least because these families’ saving efforts are often hurdled by their scarce financial resources. To address this issue, some CSA programs recently experimented with grocery store rewards cards that pay a percentage of purchases directly to CSAs. This study conducted two cluster randomized trials using household-level random assignment to test the impact of a rewards cards program at two different locations: Wabash County Indiana and the City of St. Louis. Findings show the treatment group in Indiana had a greater than three-fold increase in savings activity in CSAs, and in St Louis had a greater than seven-fold increase in savings activity in CSAs. These findings suggest that rewards cards can be an effective strategy for engaging families of different backgrounds in saving activities.
{"title":"The Impact of Grocery Store Rewards Cards on Saving and Asset Accumulation in Children’s Savings Account Programs","authors":"William Elliott, N. Sorensen, Megan S. O'Brien, Zibei Chen, Briana Starks, Haotian Zheng","doi":"10.1086/717105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/717105","url":null,"abstract":"Children’s savings accounts (CSAs) are designed for accumulating higher education savings with specific incentives and explicit structures to encourage savings, but often benefit low-income families the least because these families’ saving efforts are often hurdled by their scarce financial resources. To address this issue, some CSA programs recently experimented with grocery store rewards cards that pay a percentage of purchases directly to CSAs. This study conducted two cluster randomized trials using household-level random assignment to test the impact of a rewards cards program at two different locations: Wabash County Indiana and the City of St. Louis. Findings show the treatment group in Indiana had a greater than three-fold increase in savings activity in CSAs, and in St Louis had a greater than seven-fold increase in savings activity in CSAs. These findings suggest that rewards cards can be an effective strategy for engaging families of different backgrounds in saving activities.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82037495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Objective: The aim of this study is to develop and initially validate a psychometrically sound instrument to assess the extent to which Latinx immigrants are viewed as a threat. Method: Drawing on the integrated threat theory (ITT), we developed an initial pool of scale items to represent realistic and symbolic threats. Following best practices in scale construction, we used exploratory factor analysis followed by confirmatory factor analysis to identify, calibrate, and cross-validate the scale structure. A triadic random split of the sample (N = 958) of U.S.-born white college students was used to carry out the three-stage study. Results: Across all stages, findings support the unidimensionality of the 12-item Latinx Immigrant Threat Attitudes Scale (LITAS). Offering evidence of criterion validity, higher LITAS scores were associated with lower support for policies integrating unauthorized immigrants. Conclusions: The LITAS fills a significant gap in the measurement literature. The instrument supports the design and testing of interventions aimed at improving intergroup relations and the lived experience of Latinx immigrants in the United States. Contrary to the widely-used ITT, an undifferentiated, global notion of threat perception is salient; the implications of empirical divergence from the ITT are discussed.
{"title":"Development and Initial Validation of the Latinx Immigrant Threat Attitudes Scale","authors":"E. Kiehne, Germán A. Cadenas","doi":"10.1086/715815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/715815","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The aim of this study is to develop and initially validate a psychometrically sound instrument to assess the extent to which Latinx immigrants are viewed as a threat. Method: Drawing on the integrated threat theory (ITT), we developed an initial pool of scale items to represent realistic and symbolic threats. Following best practices in scale construction, we used exploratory factor analysis followed by confirmatory factor analysis to identify, calibrate, and cross-validate the scale structure. A triadic random split of the sample (N = 958) of U.S.-born white college students was used to carry out the three-stage study. Results: Across all stages, findings support the unidimensionality of the 12-item Latinx Immigrant Threat Attitudes Scale (LITAS). Offering evidence of criterion validity, higher LITAS scores were associated with lower support for policies integrating unauthorized immigrants. Conclusions: The LITAS fills a significant gap in the measurement literature. The instrument supports the design and testing of interventions aimed at improving intergroup relations and the lived experience of Latinx immigrants in the United States. Contrary to the widely-used ITT, an undifferentiated, global notion of threat perception is salient; the implications of empirical divergence from the ITT are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"521 - 544"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74617487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Hong, Dong Ha Kim, V. Burlaka, Anthony A. Peguero, Y. Padilla, D. Espelage
Objective: Although the association between bullying victimization and internalizing problems is well established, internalizing problems experienced by foreign-born and U.S.-born racial and ethnic minority adolescents in the United States who are victims of bullying are not well understood. This study explores the psychological effects of bullying victimization on foreign-born and U.S.-born Latino/Hispanic and Asian adolescents in the United States and investigates the moderating effects of parental monitoring. Findings may help identify protective factors for bullying victimization. Method: Data were from the 2009–2010 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study. The study sample comprised 3,349 Latino/Hispanic and 681 Asian American adolescents ages 10–17 from various locations in the United States. Analyses included descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, and hierarchical multivariate regression analyses for foreign-born and U.S.-born adolescents. Results: Foreign-born adolescents were more likely to be bullied than U.S.-born adolescents. For both groups, being bullied increased the likelihood of internalizing problems. Parental monitoring moderated the relationship between bullying victimization and internalizing problems among foreign-born adolescents only. Conclusion: Foreign-born adolescents whose parents monitor their children were less likely to exhibit internalizing problems when bullied. Implications for practitioners working with racial and ethnic minority adolescents in the United States are discussed.
{"title":"Bullying Victimization and Internalizing Problems of Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Latino/Hispanic and Asian Adolescents in the United States: The Moderating Role of Parental Monitoring","authors":"J. Hong, Dong Ha Kim, V. Burlaka, Anthony A. Peguero, Y. Padilla, D. Espelage","doi":"10.1086/715891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/715891","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Although the association between bullying victimization and internalizing problems is well established, internalizing problems experienced by foreign-born and U.S.-born racial and ethnic minority adolescents in the United States who are victims of bullying are not well understood. This study explores the psychological effects of bullying victimization on foreign-born and U.S.-born Latino/Hispanic and Asian adolescents in the United States and investigates the moderating effects of parental monitoring. Findings may help identify protective factors for bullying victimization. Method: Data were from the 2009–2010 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study. The study sample comprised 3,349 Latino/Hispanic and 681 Asian American adolescents ages 10–17 from various locations in the United States. Analyses included descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, and hierarchical multivariate regression analyses for foreign-born and U.S.-born adolescents. Results: Foreign-born adolescents were more likely to be bullied than U.S.-born adolescents. For both groups, being bullied increased the likelihood of internalizing problems. Parental monitoring moderated the relationship between bullying victimization and internalizing problems among foreign-born adolescents only. Conclusion: Foreign-born adolescents whose parents monitor their children were less likely to exhibit internalizing problems when bullied. Implications for practitioners working with racial and ethnic minority adolescents in the United States are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"19 1","pages":"445 - 464"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84895873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Objective: To promote development and transfer of life skills, social workers have begun using community sport-based positive youth development (PYD) programs. Research has demonstrated that youths who are socially vulnerable and at risk for behavioral health problems benefit from participation in these programs. However, much remains unknown about the mechanisms that contribute to youths’ capacity to develop life skills and their ability to transfer and apply life skills in other life domains. Method: Thirteen youths who engaged in the study participated in a sport-based PYD program, completed pretest and posttest surveys, entered the program with below-average life skills, and demonstrated growth in life skills pre-to-post program. Using a case study methodology, semistructured interviews explored life skill development, and photo-elicitation interviews explored life skill transfer. Results: Findings revealed specific mechanisms that co-contributed to and uniquely supported life skill development and transfer. For instance, participants explained that program staff framed, facilitated, and debriefed activities to promote the development and transfer of life skills. However, findings revealed that certain learning and transfer contexts—including faith-based organizations and video games—provided unique opportunities for life skill development and transfer. Conclusions: To maximize learning, community sport-based PYD programs should provide activities to develop and transfer life skills, train staff to use facilitative coaching strategies, and collaborate with key social agents (e.g., parents/caregivers, teachers, coaches) in other learning and transfer contexts.
{"title":"Mechanisms of Life Skill Development and Life Skill Transfer: Interconnections and Distinctions Among Socially Vulnerable Youth","authors":"T. Newman, D. Anderson-Butcher","doi":"10.1086/715890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/715890","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To promote development and transfer of life skills, social workers have begun using community sport-based positive youth development (PYD) programs. Research has demonstrated that youths who are socially vulnerable and at risk for behavioral health problems benefit from participation in these programs. However, much remains unknown about the mechanisms that contribute to youths’ capacity to develop life skills and their ability to transfer and apply life skills in other life domains. Method: Thirteen youths who engaged in the study participated in a sport-based PYD program, completed pretest and posttest surveys, entered the program with below-average life skills, and demonstrated growth in life skills pre-to-post program. Using a case study methodology, semistructured interviews explored life skill development, and photo-elicitation interviews explored life skill transfer. Results: Findings revealed specific mechanisms that co-contributed to and uniquely supported life skill development and transfer. For instance, participants explained that program staff framed, facilitated, and debriefed activities to promote the development and transfer of life skills. However, findings revealed that certain learning and transfer contexts—including faith-based organizations and video games—provided unique opportunities for life skill development and transfer. Conclusions: To maximize learning, community sport-based PYD programs should provide activities to develop and transfer life skills, train staff to use facilitative coaching strategies, and collaborate with key social agents (e.g., parents/caregivers, teachers, coaches) in other learning and transfer contexts.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"35 1","pages":"489 - 519"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79290266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yeddi Park, So-young Park, Michelle Williams, Tazuko Shibusawa, James I. Martin
Objective: This study examines the prevalence of depressive symptoms among Korean American (KA) adolescents and explores the complex relationships among family conflicts, coping skills, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and gender in KA adolescents, including the mediating role of self-esteem and gender differences. Method: We used linear regression and structural equation modeling to analyze results of a cross-sectional survey of 339 KA adolescents (ages 12–18) living in New York and New Jersey and recruited primarily from religious organizations. Results: KA adolescents had a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. Self-esteem partially mediated the effects of interparental conflict and parent–adolescent conflict on depressive symptoms and fully mediated the effect of problem-focused disengagement coping on depressive symptoms for KA adolescents. There were statistically significant differences between KA male and female youths on the mean values for parent–adolescent conflict, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms, but there were no gender differences in the relationships among interparental and parent–adolescent conflicts, problem-focused disengagement coping, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Our findings expand knowledge about family conflict and depression among KA adolescents by examining protective and risk factors not sufficiently studied within this population.
{"title":"Family Conflicts, Coping Skills, Depressive Symptoms, and Gender Among Korean American Adolescents: Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem","authors":"Yeddi Park, So-young Park, Michelle Williams, Tazuko Shibusawa, James I. Martin","doi":"10.1086/715816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/715816","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study examines the prevalence of depressive symptoms among Korean American (KA) adolescents and explores the complex relationships among family conflicts, coping skills, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and gender in KA adolescents, including the mediating role of self-esteem and gender differences. Method: We used linear regression and structural equation modeling to analyze results of a cross-sectional survey of 339 KA adolescents (ages 12–18) living in New York and New Jersey and recruited primarily from religious organizations. Results: KA adolescents had a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. Self-esteem partially mediated the effects of interparental conflict and parent–adolescent conflict on depressive symptoms and fully mediated the effect of problem-focused disengagement coping on depressive symptoms for KA adolescents. There were statistically significant differences between KA male and female youths on the mean values for parent–adolescent conflict, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms, but there were no gender differences in the relationships among interparental and parent–adolescent conflicts, problem-focused disengagement coping, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Our findings expand knowledge about family conflict and depression among KA adolescents by examining protective and risk factors not sufficiently studied within this population.","PeriodicalId":51692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research","volume":"56 1","pages":"465 - 488"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72821532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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