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- Creator:
- Rowley, Christina A.
- Description:
- Although early preventive interventions that curtail the negative effects of chronic stress in childhood are needed, few preventive interventions exist for young children. the current study aimed to address this gap by testing the feasibility of a preventive intervention that teaches diaphragmatic breathing, a relaxation technique that counteracts the effects of physiological stress, to four to six-year-old children and their parents in a one-time group session. It was hypothesized that (1) diaphragmatic breathing would be successfully taught to young children and (2) multiple families in one single session, and that (3) parents would react positively regarding the intervention’s feasibility and acceptability. Three parent-child dyads participated, and data were collected at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and two-week follow-up. Parents reported on perceived understanding, acceptability, and feasibility of the intervention, interventionists rated the families’ ability to replicate diaphragmatic breathing, and parents and children rated the children’s social, emotional, and physical functioning. Overall, parents indicated that the intervention is understandable, acceptable for stress management, and feasible to implement, and successfully replicated the diaphragmatic breathing technique. All participants reported improvement in the children’s overall functioning. the present study contributed to existing literature by piloting a novel preventive intervention for young children and uncovering some unique challenges, primarily associated with recruitment, of leading an early childhood preventive intervention in a group format.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Stapley, Ashley L.
- Description:
- Research suggests that a critical cognitive mechanism involved in false memory is semantic memory. Humans are highly susceptible to false memory error which poses a problem for the reliability of eyewitness testimony. To combat this problem researchers have investigated how metacognitive monitoring and warnings can mitigate false memory formation. Warning individuals about memory errors showed decreases in false recall and recognition; however, the efficacy of warnings is still debated. The current study seeks to determine the extent of the effects of semantic interference on eyewitness memory, and to study which methods of warning are most effective at reducing false memory errors brought about by semantic interference. Participants were given one of three different warning types before beginning the experiment. All participants watched the pilot episode of the television show 24 to simulate a witnessed event. Participants then completed a semantic interference task that was followed by a memory test and confidence measures. Results indicated that those in the semantically related semantic interference task (SIT) condition performed better on the memory test indicating that the task facilitated rehearsal rather than promoting internally generated information. Participants given a warning exhibited poorer performance with decreased memory accuracy and higher false memory errors. This indicates that the warning might have made individuals overconfident in their ability to discern false memories from veridical memories.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438379862
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Krupa, Lauren M.
- Description:
- This study examines the relationship between social anxiety and self-concept clarity. Previous research has shown that social anxiety and self-concept clarity are related, and that low self-concept clarity is a unique predictor of social anxiety. There has not been research on the mechanism behind this relationship, which is what the current study intended to do. Three research hypotheses were tested: (1) socially anxious individuals selectively attend to social threat information, (2) those with low self-concept clarity have increased social anxiety, and (3) information processing biases and self-concept clarity are both predictors of social anxiety, with self-concept clarity being the moderating predictor. In order to investigate attention biases, an Emotional Stroop task was used. The Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) crowdsourcing platform was used to recruit 132 participants. Hypotheses 1 and 3 were not supported by the results. For hypothesis 1, social anxiety as measured by the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and Social Phobia Scale (SPS) was not significantly correlated with reaction time on social threat word trials of the emotional Stroop task. For hypothesis 3, a hierarchical multiple regression found that while the first model with social threat trial reaction time on the emotional Stroop task and self-concept clarity, measured by Self-Concept Clarity Scale (SCCS) scores, as individual predictors was significant, the second model with the addition of the interaction term was not. Hypothesis 2 was supported in that self-concept clarity was significantly negatively correlated with social anxiety.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438379909
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Phillips, Kristen
- Description:
- Fibromyalgia (FM) is a pervasive chronic pain condition that affects almost every aspect of daily life. Symptoms can be debilitating and severe, leading to precautionary and inactive lifestyles for those diagnosed. Perceived social support from loved ones has been shown to alleviate these negative symptoms and encourage pro-healthy behaviors. However, older adults with FM may react to both physical and psychosocial symptoms by reducing their participation in leisure activities, further limiting available sources of social support. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the influence of FM status and leisure activity on social support. by conducting secondary analyses on a sample of 240 older adults with and without fibromyalgia, it was hypothesized that FM status would moderate the relationship between social support and leisure activity. Results revealed that participants with fibromyalgia did report significantly less available social support compared to the healthy control group. Additionally, a positive association between leisure activity and social support was found when controlling for FM status. However, FM status did not moderate the relationship between leisure activity and social support. Despite this lack of impact by FM status, these findings provide additional support to the current literature suggesting that social support is linked with both chronic pain and leisure activity.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438379749
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Fleming, Helena Elizabeth W.
- Description:
- This study was grounded in the I3 theory of aggression, which examines factors that make aggression more or less likely to occur. This study focused on intimate partner violence within the I3 framework. in particular, negative mood regulation (NMR) expectancies–which are people’s beliefs that they can improve their negative moods–were considered as a possible inhibiting factor for intimate partner violence. Participants were 186 men in romantic relationships, who completed the study online. They filled out measures of NMR expectancies and dispositional aggression, anger and hostility. They then completed a Stroop task, for which they indicated the color font in which words were presented. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental condition, in which some Stroop words had aggressive meanings, or a control condition, with all neutral words. Participants next were provoked by imagining scenarios in which their romantic partner flirted with another person, after which they were given the chance to behave violently by sticking pins into voodoo dolls representing their partner. Results showed NMR expectancies were negatively correlated with aggression, anger, and hostility. However, multivariate analyses predicting intimate partner violence were not significant. a major limitation of the study is that it was conducted online, and there was no way to control participants’ attention or limit outside distractions. Future research could be done in person and measure behaviors with participants’ actual romantic partners instead of using imaginary scenarios and symbolic aggression.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438379893
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Jurkiewicz, Olivia
- Description:
- Digital interactions can provide rich and novel information for psychological research. An influential form of digital communication is online reviews. Individuals supply critical judgments and opinions to facilitate the decision-making process of their fellow consumers. Psychological factors (emotional, social, and cognitive) extracted from review language may elucidate important direct or indirect signals of informational value during the decision-making process. Psychological semantics were extracted using latent Dirichlet allocation (a dimension reduction technique) and using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) dictionary from 3,000 and 50,000 randomly selected Amazon book reviews, respectively, to predict perceived informational value. The final regression model using the LIWC factors demonstrate that negative emotion and inhibitory language negatively influence perceived informational value, while social and analytic language positively influence perceived informational value F(6, 49985) = 14445.19, p < .001. The data-driven approach demonstrated that topical information in book reviews can be unhelpful, while impressions or thoughts about features of the book can be helpful. Both methods produced unique but complimentary results important in distinguish which emotional, social, and cognitive cues within language can impact helpfulness during the decision-making process.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438379695
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Jordan, Alejandra
- Description:
- Suicide by Cop (SbC) is a method of suicide in which an individual purposely engages in threatening behavior toward police officers in an attempt to be killed. Previous studies have found the prototypical SbC subject is male, mid 30s, with a history of suicidal ideation, disrupted relationships, and prior or current mental health concerns, although these studies have all relied on Officer Involved Shooting reports or public information as sources of data, which tend to only include cases involving lethal force. to address the dearth in knowledge of SbC cases involving no force or less than lethal force, the present study provides a detailed analysis of all identified SbC cases from the Los Angeles Police Department Mental Evaluation Unit’s database that occurred between 2010-2015. Results indicate that similar frequencies are seen with regard to subject characteristics as in previous literature; however, substantial differences are seen across incident and outcome characteristics. Chi square analyses resulted in 15 variables that significantly differentiate subjects across the No Force, Less Lethal Force, and Lethal Force groups. the results of the present study paint a more positive picture of SbC outcomes for police and subjects alike. Implications for training and considerations for police departments are discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780355839500
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Lopez, Michael D.
- Description:
- Humans assess formidability though a variety of cues including weaponry, group size, and incapacitation (Fessler, Holbrook, Snyder, 2012; Fessler & Holbrook, 2013a, Fessler & Holbrook, 2013b). These studies argue that formidability is heuristically represented in a potential foes size, height, weight, and muscularity. Meaning, the more formidable a possible antagonist is the larger he/she appears. Formidability has also shown a relationship to ratings of leadership. In the present study, I tested the following hypotheses: formidability and leadership are negatively affected by the presence of a physical injury, the effect of being injured/uninjured on leadership ability is mediated by formidability, and risk propensity moderates the effect of being injured/uninjured on formidability. Participants (246 men and 292 women) were recruited for an online survey in which they were asked to make judgments about either injured individuals (e.g., on crutches, wearing knee braces, wearing a neck brace) or uninjured individuals. Participants made estimates about the target stimulus’s formidability, leadership qualities, and risk propensity. the present study found that participants rated uninjured men as more formidable better leaders. Risk propensity did not act as a moderator between being injured/uninjured and formidability. However, formidability did serve as a mediator for the effect of condition type (injured/uninjured) on leadership ability.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438053236
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Ewing, Emily Lorraine
- Description:
- Previous research has found a consistent association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms. However, it is not well understood why some individuals are more vulnerable to depressive symptoms following a stressful life event than others. The present study addressed this gap through the examination of negative mood regulation expectancies and perceived stress levels as potential moderators of this relationship. One hundred and thirty-five students at California State University, Fullerton completed self-report questionnaires assessing a history of stressful life events, negative mood regulation expectancies, perceived stress levels, and depressive symptoms. The main effect of stressful life events on depression, as well as moderating effects of negative mood regulation expectancies and perceived stress levels, were tested through hierarchical multiple regression. Controlling for the effect of age, stressful life events were not significantly associated with depressive symptoms, though their effects approached significance. Further, also controlling for the effect of age, negative mood regulation expectancies and perceived stress levels did not moderate the relationship trend between stressful life events and depressive symptoms. However, negative mood regulation expectancies and perceived stress levels directly predicted depressive symptoms. The findings from this study suggest that, regardless of stressful life event histories, targeting levels of negative mood regulation expectancies and perceived stress may be important in clinical interventions for college students with depression.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438053748
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Valadez, Adrian M.
- Description:
- The purpose of the current study was to determine if members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, etc. (LGBTQ+) community experience stereotype threat—a psychological phenomenon that hinders a marginalized individual in a multitude of tasks and stereotype boost —an effect that enhances an individual’s performance when a positive stereotype makes identity salient. the effects of stereotyping were measured using a mental rotation task, which has, historically, created a notable gap in performance between men and women. Participants completed the mental rotation while in one of three conditions: control (no identity salience), gender (gender identity salience), and sexual orientation (queer identity salience). It was hypothesized that participants in the control condition would perform similarly on the mental rotation task. When gender identity was made salient, it was predicted that queer men would higher mental rotation performance scores while queer women’s performance would be hindered—thereby demonstrating the effects of stereotype threat. Finally, it was hypothesized that when queer identity was primed, queer men’s performance would be hindered while queer women would experience an enhancement of mental rotation ability—an effect of both stereotype boost and Gay Inversion Theory. a factorial ANOVA analysis indicated that there were no present main or interaction. It is likely that recruitment challenges, priming methods, and reluctance to engage in psychological research contributed to a low sample size and power issues with the current data.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438054622
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Sudit, Anna
- Description:
- Researchers have found that parental involvement plays an important role in children’s learning and development. Students generally score higher on educational achievement tests, have better attendance at school, and are more likely to continue their postsecondary education when parents are actively involved in their schooling (Martinez, 2004). However, parental involvement requires the investment of time, and some parents are unable to be present at the school to attend PTA meetings or volunteer during a class. Parents who are busy during the day may only be involved with the child at home by helping with homework, discussing important academic concepts, and reading to the child. This study examines the relationship between children’s academic achievement and two types of parental involvement: in-school (formal) and at-home (informal). This study used data from the national Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), which included a sample of approximately 18,200 kindergarteners and their parents. This study examined whether both formal and informal parental involvement were positively related to students’ academic outcomes in math, reading, and science. Results of the study partially supported hypotheses. in addition, the current study examined whether parental involvement in both contexts, formal and informal, was better for students’ academic achievement than if the parent was only involved in one context. Results of the study did not support this hypothesis.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438054035
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Corbett, Benjamin E.
- Description:
- This study investigated the relationship between experienced stress and perceptions of stress in law enforcement officers; whether or not physical exercise, social support, and alcohol use serve as moderating variables between experiences of stress and perceptions of stress; and whether simply asking about stress primes officers to feel more stressed out. Previous research has shown a discrepancy between officers’ experience of stress and their reported perception of stress suggested that this discrepancy might be explained by coping mechanisms. Additionally, previous research has indicated that engaging in particular coping mechanisms may increase the salience of stress. Data were collected from 30 active duty law enforcement officers who ranged in age from 22 to 61 (M = 42.3, SD = 11) and were mostly white, college-educated, and male. Three separate Pearson’s r correlations found no significant relationships between coping mechanisms and perceived stress. Three separate multiple regressions were conducted with experienced stress and each coping mechanism as independent variables and perceived stress as the dependent variable. the models including physical exercise and alcohol use were significant, with experienced stress as the only significant predictor for both models. Additionally, a paired samples t-test comparing pre- and post-survey stress levels resulted in findings that were inconsistent with what might be expected based on prior research. Limitations and directions for future research implementing community based participatory research in law enforcement populations are discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438054707
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Piercy, Brooke
- Description:
- Anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders both globally and in the United States. Early-life stressors such as poor socialization and isolation, as well as diets high in fats and sugars have been shown to increase levels of anxiety and play a detrimental role on mental health. the present study sought to analyze the effects of both poor nutritional diet and social isolation on anxiety levels using an animal model. Eighty male Sprague-Dawley rodents at age five weeks at the beginning of testing were used to measure anxiety behaviors on the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM). Rodents were placed into one of four testing groups to assess anxiety: A control group, a high-fat and high-sucrose diet group, a socially isolated group, and an experimental condition in which social isolation and a high-fat, high-sucrose diet was given. It was hypothesized that Sprague-Dawley rodents living socially isolated and receiving the high-fat, high-sucrose diet would experience the high levels of anxiety, rodents living socially isolated would experience more anxiety than those receiving only the high-fat, high-sucrose diet, and rodents receiving the high-fat, high-sucrose diet would have higher levels of anxiety than the control group. Results showed that overall poor nutritional diet was not contributing to increased levels of anxiety in young male rodents, while social isolation was partially contributing to increased anxiety levels. Although many non-significant results were found, the importance of socialization and proper nutritional diet is explored, as well as the possible resiliency of young rodents to early-life stress.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438053847
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Tenbrook, Sean
- Description:
- Music is generally considered a powerful tool to experience emotions. However, there is mixed research on whether it can hinder or enhance our emotional states. the present study aimed to explore this concept further. Moreover, the purpose of this study was to examine music’s effects on emotional experiences and the potential mechanisms facilitating emotional catharsis when listening to music. These mechanisms included absorption, whether someone was a music major or not, mood-congruent music (sad), non-mood congruent music (happy), or white noise (control). a total sample of 68 students at CSUF was utilized, 40 being non-music majors and 28 being music majors. the Faces Scale and a Music Absorption Scale were used to measure emotional states before and after the musical intervention and to measure musical absorption levels, respectively. an independent samples t test was conducted, and it was found that musicians had significantly higher levels of musical absorption. an ANCOVA was performed, and the results found that music did facilitate emotional catharsis, but there were no major differences between musicians and non-musicians overall. However, the happy music did provoke the most emotional release, regardless of music major status. Interestingly, when listening to sad music, music majors experienced significantly more emotional release, therefore suggesting that if given specific conditions, facilitation of emotional catharsis through music can be effective and powerful. Implications of research findings, limitations and future directions are discussed
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438054912
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Sebastian, Trevor
- Description:
- Yoga has become an increasingly popular form of exercise in the West with promising findings of improved physiological and psychological well-being. However, researchers have expressed concern in its efficacy in a clinical setting. This study aimed to provide further evidence regarding yoga’s therapeutic efficacy in comparing both meditation and light cardio, along with further understanding whether the breathing (pranayama) or physical (asana) aspects of yoga contribute to its effectiveness. Participants (N = 48) were randomly assigned into either yoga, meditation, or walking conditions and completed five sessions at 30 minutes in length over the course of the week. Differences in reduced levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, along with improvements of mood between yoga, meditation, and walking interventions were assessed through a one-way ANOVA. Significant differences were not found between the interventions, failing to reject the null hypotheses. Considerations were made regarding yoga’s efficacy as a complementary therapy where other therapies, such as meditation or other forms of exercise, may be more appropriate. Limitations and implications for future research were also discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Identifier:
- 9780438054950
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Silvas, Rebecca
- Description:
- There is limited literature on how factors like race and disguise jointly impact eyewitness identification. Both of these factors are very likely to occur simultaneously in a crime in which an eyewitness may need to identify the perpetrator. Researchers agree on the well-established existence of the other-race effect (ORE) Malpass & Kravitz, 1969; Meissner, Susa, & Ross, 2009, and the negative effects of disguises on facial recognition (Righi, Peissig, & Tarr, 2012; Fletcher, Butavicius, & Lee, 2008). the present study sought to explore the relationship between these factors. This study examined facial recognition amongst Asian, White, and Latinx participants using faces from all three races either wearing a disguise (hoodie and sunglasses) or no disguise. to investigate how quality and quantity of interactions with other races impacted facial recognition and the ORE, participants also completed an Interracial Contact Questionnaire. There was a significant main effect for disguise across all participants. Overall, all three races performed poorer on disguise trials than non-disguise regardless of the race of face. the relationship between accuracy and experience with other races was found to be nonsignificant. in the present study, we did not find evidence of the ORE, which may be the result of these disguises decreasing accuracy to below chance levels. It is also possible that an ORE might be found using more sensitive measures of performance. Future studies should consider the limitations of this study to further explore the effect of hoodies on face recognition.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Machia, Tiffany
- Description:
- Since the advent of the Internet, researchers have sought to determine whether the Internet may advance users’ well-being or if Internet use is associated with a variety of negative outcomes, including emotional distress. Additionally, although social support literature tends to indicate that social support is associated with increased emotional well-being, the research on the impact of social support on the relationship between Internet use and depression has yielded inconclusive results. Existing literature also neglects the role that offline social support and the different types of social support (emotional, companionship, informational, and tangible) have on this relationship. the current study sought to explore the relationships between Internet use, types of offline social support, and depression. a sample of 164 undergraduate students at California State University, Fullerton completed a series of measures of their Internet use patterns, perceived offline social support, and depression. Results of a linear regression indicated that Internet use did not significantly predict levels of depression. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that all types of social support (emotional, companionship, informational, and tangible) did not moderate an Internet use-depression relationship. However, all types of offline social support were found to be significant predictors of depression. Specifically, increases in the various types of social support were positively associated with depression. Findings of this study are in direct opposition with prior research. Possible explanations for this discrepancy are discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Castaneda, Marlon
- Description:
- Intergroup bias was evaluated using moral dilemmas in which killing one person was necessary to save five others. The five people had demographic characteristics that placed them in varying degrees of proximity to the decision-maker: atheists, elderly, strangers, cousins, siblings, and children. A total of 253 university students rated both how right and how wrong killing the target was to save the at-risk groups. Theoretically, ratings of right captured the benefits of saving the five people, while ratings of wrong emphasized the costs of killing the target. Averaged across all scenarios, ratings of right increased from strangers to children; ratings of wrong decreased but to a lesser extent. Moral identity and religiosity were also measured to see if intergroup bias varied with these personality factors. Moral identity had no correlation with the ratings. However, religiosity correlated with the ratings and suggested a deontological bias in which participants applied a moral rule that prohibits killing regardless of any perceived benefits. For all proximity levels, religious groups’ ratings of right were lower, and their ratings of wrong were higher, compared to the non-religious group, illustrating an aversion to killing the target regardless of the at-risk group. However, the religious groups and the non-religious group showed a similar increase in ratings of right towards genetically related, at-risk groups. Therefore, intergroup bias was still present in conjunction with the religious deontological bias.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Benedicto, Samantha
- Description:
- Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a core symptom of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The most common RRBs are hand flapping, finger tapping, body swaying, or out-of-context waving. RRBs disrupt attachment between parent and child. The purpose of the current study was to create a rating scale that measures RRBs during observation of parent-child interactions to allow researchers to objectively score RRBs to yield ratings with higher reliability and validity than current measurements. The Repetitive Behavior Scale-Observation (RBS-O) was created to assess 30 RRBs. Participants were 26 ASD children, who interacted in the lab with their mothers in a problem-solving task. Researchers rated children’s RRBs. Analyses of the RBS-O revealed the difficulty of witnessing these RRBs during a short time period, particularly in a laboratory setting. Only 33% of items on the original measure were observed and scored. I removed items that were not scored, as well as those with no variability in scoring. Items with low item whole correlations were also removed, leaving a final sixitem measure. Inter-rater reliability was high and concurrent validity with an existing measure of parent-reported observable behaviors was high as well. Limitations, however, include the low number of behaviors observed and short testing period.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Eum, Sharon
- Description:
- I examined acculturative stress among Korean immigrants living in the U.S. Acculturative stress is a stress individuals experience as they adjust to a new culture. Acculturative stress damages mental health. I investigated how acculturative stress, conflicts between parents and children, depressive symptoms, and the belief individuals have that they can alleviate their negative emotional states are associated with each other. The participants were 103 immigrants of Korean descent who completed questionnaires. The participants had options to respond to the survey in English or Korean, in person or online. A MANOVA revealed that there was no significant difference in scores between languages. Correlational analyses showed that acculturative stress was significantly positively correlated with intergenerational conflict related to education and career, intergenerational conflict related to dating and marriage, and depressive symptoms. Acculturative stress was also significantly negatively correlated with negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE). Multivariate analyses showed that years of residence in U.S., intergenerational conflict related to education and career, and NMRE all significantly predicted acculturative stress. Furthermore, NMRE and acculturative stress significantly predicted depressive symptoms. Tests of NMRE as a moderator were not significant. Korean immigrants in this study were experiencing acculturative stress and depressive symptoms. Clinical interventions targeting raising NMRE may build Korean immigrants’ resilience to acculturative stress.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology