The effect of acculturation on depressive moods

Immigrant boys and girls during their transition from late adolescence to early adulthood

Bibliographic Data

ID8105940
AuthorsHagit Turjeman (The Center for the Study of Society and the Department of Sociology University of Haifa Haifa Israel, corresponding author), Gustavo S Mesch (0000-0002-9470-621X), Gustavo Mesch (The Center for the Study of Society and the Department of Sociology University of Haifa Haifa Israel), Gideon Fishman (The Center for the Study of Society and the Department of Sociology University of Haifa Haifa Israel)
Year2008
Volume43
Issue1
Pages32-44
Publication date2008-01-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7594 • E-ISSN: 1464-066X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00207590701804362
PMID22023498
OpenAlexW2138761846
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited50

Using data (N = 773) from a longitudinal study of former Soviet Union immigrants to Israel, this study aimed to identify the psychosocial correlates of depressive mood among immigrant adolescents and differences by age and gender. OLS regression results suggest acculturative and social factors as useful variables in predicting depression. Adolescents with a high probability of assimilating (simultaneous strengthening of Israeli identity and weakening of Russian identity) proved more likely to report low levels of depression. Consistent with the literature, girls were more depressed than boys and age was positively related to depressive moods. As expected, different factors explain the psychological well-being of adolescents of different age groups and sex: in boys, depression was found mainly related to acculturation difficulties; in girls it was related more to their social support. As for age, more independent variables were statistically significant in accounting for depression in the older than in the younger group, which suggests that depression is age-related. The study results should be understood in connection with socialization processes to sex roles and the impact immigration has on this process

Acculturation · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Immigration · Longitudinal study · Mood · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Socialization · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology

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