The Mediating Role of Stress in Cultural Differences in Depression: A Comparison of US American and Chinese Culture

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200826.054How to use a DOI?

Keywords

depression, IU, mindfulness, stress, culture

Abstract

The current study examined the associations between depression and several potential predictors: intolerance of uncertainty (IU), mindfulness and stress between two different cultures (US America and China). US American participants reported higher levels of depression and stress compared to their Chinese counterparts, and stress was strongly and positively associated with depression for both cultural groups. These results suggest that stress fully mediates the cultural difference in depression. Contrary to our hypotheses, however, there were no cultural differences in IU nor mindfulness. These findings have implications for counseling practice and future research.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wendi Jia
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - The Mediating Role of Stress in Cultural Differences in Depression: A Comparison of US American and Chinese Culture
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 270
EP  - 275
SN  - 2352-5398
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