Acculturative stress, perfectionism, years in the United States, and depression among Chinese international students / Meifen Wei, P. Paul Heppner, Michael J. Mallen, Tsun-Yao Ku, Kelly Yu-Hsin Liao, Tsui-Feng Wu
Series: Journal of Counseling Psychology. 54 : 4, pages 385-394 Publication details: October 2007Content type:- text
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The present study examined whether maladaptive perfectionism (i.e., discrepancy between expectations and performance) and length of time in the United States moderated the association between acculturative stress and depression. Data were collected through online surveys from 189 Chinese international students from China and Taiwan attending a midwestern university. Results from a hierarchical regression showed that there were significant main effects of acculturative stress and maladaptive perfectionism on depression, no significant two-way interactions, and a significant three-way interaction, indicating that acculturative stress, maladaptive perfectionism, and length of time in the United States interacted to predict depression. Low maladaptive perfectionism buffered the effect of acculturative stress on depression only for those who had been in the United States for a relatively longer period of time. Implications for counseling and future research directions are discussed.
Psychology.
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