Author: Ge Zhu
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Languages : en
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Background: Depressive and anxiety disorders are common mental health disorders that threaten the well-being of ethnic minorities. Asian international students are suggested experience higher level of depression and anxiety, but less likely to use mental health services than students in general. This study examines factors that motivate and impede Chinese international students from seeking college counseling services from the perspective of health communication. Method: An online, self-administered questionnaire was conducted among a randomized sample of 150 Chinese international students from a Mid-Western university. The questionnaire was structured with key variables derived from the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), such as perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, and self-efficacy of using counseling services. Key variables are measured by 5-point Likert scale. Data analysis was conducted with Pearson's correlation and multiple linear regression. Results: Chinese international students' counseling seeking behavior is influenced by their perceived self-efficacy and external impediments of using counseling services. Perceived knowledge of mental health disorders and counseling contribute significantly to Chinese international perceived self-efficacy of using counseling services; however, perceived knowledge of the two items are generally low. The adherence of Asian cultural values, especially to collectivism and emotional self-control, contribute significantly to Chinese international students' negative perceptions of counseling. Conclusion: College counseling services should conduct health communication campaigns that aim at improving Asian international students' knowledge of depression/anxiety and psychological counseling, in order to encourage them to engage in college counseling system. College counseling services should also enhance the cultural sensitivity of counselors, and provide culture-matched counseling services to Asian international students.
Author: Patrick Kenneth Galligan
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Category : Acculturation
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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The number of Chinese international students obtaining their education at American institutions of higher education has reached a pinnacle, in that more Chinese international students attend American colleges and universities than ever before (Institute of International Education, 2015). Colleges and universities actively recruit Asian international students, especially those from the People's Republic of China. As Chinese international students continue to represent an ever-greater percentage of the student bodies at colleges and universities, these institutions have a responsibility to attend to the mental health needs of this population. Within this population, research suggests that male Asian international students hold less positive attitudes toward seeking help than their female peers (Komiya & Eells, 2001). Since the participants in this study represent an intersection of identities, the extant research from several populations will be reviewed. Specifically, literature examining college students', college men's, racial minorities', and international students' mental health needs, attitudes towards mental health resources, and help-seeking behaviors will be discussed. The literature review will also build a case for examining male Chinese international students' mental health needs. The goal of this study is to provide greater insight into how male Chinese international students perceive mental health resources. The current study utilized Consensual Qualitative Research (Hill, 2012; Hill et al. 2005; Hill et al., 1997) to examine male Chinese international students' experiences as international students, their adjustment to American culture, their mental health needs, their perceptions of mental health resources, and their help-seeking behaviors.
Author: Poi Ten Ada Cheung
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Category : Depression, Mental
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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From the academic year 2007/08 to 2008/09, the enrollment of international students in the United States increased 7.7% from 623,805 to 671,616 (Institute of International Education [IIE], 2009a). Chinese international students facing adjustment challenges are vulnerable to mental health problems and may experience depression. Past studies have focused on Chinese immigrants, or Chinese elderly, or American born Chinese adolescents/college students/early adults (Chang, 2001; Kung, 2004). However, studies on the prevalence of depression, help-seeking preferences, and factors contributing to the depressive symptoms and help-seeking preferences from mental health professionals among Chinese international students studying in the United States are limited. The principal goal of this study was to investigate factors contributing to occurrence of depressive symptoms and help-seeking from mental health professionals among Chinese international students. The study used a cross-sectional research design involving mainly quantitative data collection. Purposive sampling was applied to Chinese students who held an international student visa (F1) enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs at a major university in the southwestern state in the United States. The director of International Student and Scholar Services Office (ISSSO) from that university identified and sent out the email invitations to all Chinese international students enrolled at that time. Eligible participants were contacted to complete the survey online. Results indicated that, among 202 Chinese international students who had been living in the United States for an average of 1.7 years, the prevalence of having depressive symptoms was 47.5%. Chinese international students who experienced anxiety symptoms and agreed that emotional problems resolve themselves were more likely to have depressive symptoms. The majority of the Chinese international students chose not to use psychological counseling and mental health services to deal with emotional and personal distress. The study results showed that Chinese international students who were more likely to seek help from mental health professionals were more likely to have the following characteristics: to be married, to have a positive attitude towards seeking psychological help, to be invited to social activities by Americans, to visit medical doctors, and to seek religious consultation for health problems.
Author: Junali M. Ventinilla
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Mental health and utilization of services amongst Asian Americans remains low and underrepresented according to previous research. Using California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), secondary data analysis was used to further understand mental health status and utilization of mental health services amongst Asian-Americans in California. Specific ethnic subgroups of the study were Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino and Korean. Participants of the secondary data analysis identified as adults, ages 18 and up. The specific aims of the study were to understand overall mental health issues, if mental health had an influence on daily activities, and to know the insurance rate coverage for mental health treatment amongst Asian-Americans. Results of the study have found significant differences amongst ethnic subgroups for overall mental health issues as well as interference of mental health in daily activities. However, no statistical significance was found for insurance rate coverage for mental health treatment amongst subgroups. This study concludes with the need to further understand mental health in Asian-Americans and tailor programs to better suit the needs for utilization of services.
Author: Xuezheng Qin
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819942098
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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This book uses an economic approach to analyze the socioeconomic causes and consequences of mental health disorders in China, with a special focus on mental depression. Based on a nationally representative dataset, we first investigate the prevalence and distribution of depression and depressive symptoms among China’s adult population, and then use several econometric methods to estimate the multi-dimensional disease burden of the mental disorder, such as its direct medical costs, its indirect economic costs, and its hidden costs on social trust and life satisfaction. In addition, we specifically address the socioeconomic determinants of mental health by examining how the relative and absolute economic status may determine people’s mental depression. Lastly, we propose an analytical framework to evaluate the four major hurdles that cause the treatment gaps of mental health care, and discuss the policy options to overcome such hurdles and to address the unmet mental healthcare needs in China and other developing countries. The book may facilitate our understanding on the complex determinants and implications of the rising prevalence of mental health disorders in developing countries like China. In addition to the students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of health economics and public health, the book may also be of interest to health policy makers and non-government agencies who are concerned with addressing the global mental healthcare challenges using economic policy tools.
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Author: XiaoXi Ding
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Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Author: Lillian Y. M. Tong
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Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Author: Baozhen Xie
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Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Author: Lin Zhu
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Languages : en
Pages : 180
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My dissertation examines the depression prevalence, symptom patterns and dimension, and mental health service use among Chinese Americans. The purpose of this research is to, 1) provide epidemiological data on the prevalence of depression among Chinese Americans, 2) examine sociocultural impacts on the prevalence and specific symptoms patterns of depression, and 3) generate implications for more culturally-sensitive approaches in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. I use secondary data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES). The CPES consists of three nationally representative surveys conducted between 2001 and 2003. Each of three substantive chapters attempts to a set of issues, and together they contribute to the literature on generational differences in mental health status and help-seeking behaviors among Chinese Americans. The first substantive chapter examines depression prevalence and correlates among different generations of Chinese Americans, using non-Hispanic whites as a comparison group, using weighted multinomial logistic regression. Results of the study indicate that Chinese Americans in general have a lower risk of depression than do non-Hispanic whites. Moreover, the prevalence and correlates of depression do not show a linear trend of difference from first to second to third-or-higher generation Chinese Americans, and then to non-Hispanic whites; rather, the risk of depression and its associated with social relational factors present distinct patterns for first and second generation Chinese Americans, compared to third-or-higher generation Chinese Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Specifically, friend network and extended family network play different roles in their influence on depression risk for different generations of Chinese Americans. In the Chapter Four, I conduct exploratory factor analysis to examine two subgroups of Chinese Americans, the foreign-born and the US-born, and compare them to the non-Hispanic whites. I also conduct weighted binary logistic regression to examine the patterns of depressive symptoms for Chinese Americans (separate by nativity status) and compare the two groups to non-Hispanic whites. I also examine how demographic characteristics and social factors are related to different dimensions of depressive symptoms for each group. I also find very similar factors structures of DSM-IV depressive symptoms among foreign-born Chinese Americans, US-born Chinese Americans, and non-Hispanic whites. For all three groups, suicidal ideation or attempt is a construct that is distinct from the rest of the symptoms items. The three groups have different social correlates, yet there are only minor differences in the social correlates for each one of the four depression dimensions within each group. Chronic physical condition is the most consistently significant predictor, for the negative affect, somatic symptoms, and cognitive symptoms among the two Chinese groups, and for all four dimensions of depression among non-Hispanic whites. Finally, in Chapter Five, I find significant heterogeneity of exclusive complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by race/ethnicity and generational status, as well as English proficiency, gender, age, marital status, education, employment status, having insurance, and having any probably psychiatric disorder. Specifically, first generation Chinese immigrants lag behind second, third-or-higher generation Chinese Americans, and non-Hispanic whites in the likelihood of using exclusive CAM services, as well as any services in general. In addition, this chapter finds that exclusive CAM service use was more popular than the use of only conventional Western medicine or a combination of both, among all Chinese Americans except for the second generations. The findings provide a more nuanced understanding of the pattern of mental health service use among Chinese Americans.
