来自德国和美国萨摩亚的个人在应对压力的差异及其与肥胖,感知压力和抑郁症状的关系
Anne Schrimpf1, Micah van der Ryn2, Stephen T McGarvey3,4
1Institute for General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße 55, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. anne.schrimpf@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
|November 6, 2025
概括
文化差异影响应对压力. 德国成年人倾向于以问题为中心的策略,而萨摩亚成年人则更多地使用回避应对,影响感知到的压力和心理健康结果,特别是在肥胖患者中.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 社会文化环境塑造了压力感知和应对机制.
- 应对策略的文化差异可能会对身体和心理健康结果产生不同的影响.
- 了解这些差异对于开发文化敏感的健康干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查来自德国的年轻人 (个人主义) 和美国萨摩亚 (集体主义) 之间的应对压力策略的文化差异.
- 检查跨文化的应对策略,感知压力,体重指数 (BMI) 和抑郁症状之间的相互作用.
- 在不同文化背景下识别特定应对方式的潜在适应性或不适应性影响.
主要方法:
- 使用定性访谈和问卷来评估应对压力 (以问题为中心,以情绪为中心,避免).
- 使用感知压力问卷和慢性压力Trier库存来测量感知压力.
- 抑郁症状 (贝克抑郁 inventory 简单形式) 和BMI被分析,并使用使用玛通用线性模型和ANCOVA的应对策略.
主要成果:
- 德国参与者使用了更多的以问题为中心的应对方法,而萨摩亚参与者则使用了更多的避免应对方法.
- 避免应对与德国人的感知压力更高相关,但萨摩亚人的感知压力更低.
- 使用避开应对方法的萨摩亚肥胖个体报告的抑郁症状比不避开的同行少;这种模式在德国人中没有见过.
结论:
- 文化背景显著调节了应对策略和心理健康之间的关系,表明需要文化定制的压力管理.
- 避免应对与肥胖和压力的关联可能是一个跨文化现象,呈现干预目标.
- 研究结果强调了在理解压力,应对和健康差异方面考虑文化规范的重要性.
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