The effect of depression on the acculturation of Puerto Rican adolescents.
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Title
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The effect of depression on the acculturation of Puerto Rican adolescents.
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Identifier
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AAI9432375
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identifier
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9432375
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Creator
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Robles, Sally Maria.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Vera Paster
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Date
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1994
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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Abstract
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Is there a relationship between the acculturation patterns of adolescents of Puerto Rican background and their levels of depression? This is a study of the effects of depression on overall acculturation, language acculturation, social affiliation acculturation and ethnic self-identification acculturation, when gender, the youth's proximity to the generation born on the mainland, and having visited Puerto Rico are controlled. An acculturation scale with three subscales: language acculturation scale, social affiliation acculturation scale and ethnic identity acculturation scale as well as the Childrens Depression Inventory and the Symptom Checklist-90 was administered to 7th and 8th graders of Puerto Rican background (n = 57). The findings indicate that gender and generation of mainland birth were not related to any acculturation domain. On the other hand, participants who visit Puerto Rico had lower overall, language and social affiliation acculturation scores. Higher depression scores were related to higher overall, language and social affiliation acculturation scores, both when socio-demographic variables were equalized and when they were not. The relationship between depression and acculturation was explained in terms of adolescents' withdrawal and detachment from parents with concomitant loss of the modeling and positive reinforcement of behaviors that represent the Puerto Rican culture.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
