Psychological Dysfunction in Southeast Asian Refugees as Mediated by Sense of Coherence

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• 作者：Yu-Wen Ying ; Phillip D. Akutsu ; Xiulan Zhang and Larke N. Huang
• 关键词：sense of coherence ; Southeast Asian refugees ; psychological dysfunction ; depression ; anxiety ; psychosocial dysfunction ; trauma ; cultural traditionalism
• 刊名：American Journal of Community Psychology
• 出版年：1997
• 出版时间：1997
• 年：1997
• 卷：25
• 期：6
• 页码：839-859
• 全文大小：1.20 MB

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Investigated Antonovky's (1979, 1987) construct of sense of coherence (i.e., an individual's belief that the world was comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) as the internal psychological mechanism mediating the effects of external stressors (generalized resistance deficits) and resources on psychological dysfunction (measured by depression, anxiety, and psychosocial dysfunction) in 2,234 Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, and Chinese-Vietnamese refugees. Generalized resistance and deficits significantly predicted sense of coherence as well as psychological dysfunction. The amount of variance accounted for increased significantly when the mediating effect of sense of coherence was tested using a path analysis. Sense of coherence significantly reduced the predictive power of generalized resistance and deficits in the psychological dysfunction models. Results support the hypothesized mediating role of sense of coherence. Thus, interventions aiming to enhance Southeast Asian refugees' functioning may gain in effectiveness by targeting and promoting their sense of coherence.