TY - JOUR
T1 - Case identification of mood disorders in Asian American and Caucasian American college students
AU - Lam, Cho Y.
AU - Pepper, Carolyn M.
AU - Ryabchenko, Karen A.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Past studies have sometimes found that Asian American participants score higher on checklists that measure psychological distress compared to Caucasian American participants. However, studies using diagnostic interviews have not found corresponding elevated rates of mood disorders in Asian American parti- cipants. In the present study, Asian American (n =238) and Caucasian American students (n = 556) completed checklist measures of distress (the Beck Depression Inventory, BDI and the Mood and Behavior Questionnaire, MBQ) and a subsample of students (n =118) received a diagnostic interview. Asian American students had higher BDI scores, but the groups did not differ on either the MBQ, a measure closely tied to DSM criteria for major depression, or on rates of current mood disorders. Elevated BDI scores overestimate rates of mood disorders, particularly in Asian American students.
AB - Past studies have sometimes found that Asian American participants score higher on checklists that measure psychological distress compared to Caucasian American participants. However, studies using diagnostic interviews have not found corresponding elevated rates of mood disorders in Asian American parti- cipants. In the present study, Asian American (n =238) and Caucasian American students (n = 556) completed checklist measures of distress (the Beck Depression Inventory, BDI and the Mood and Behavior Questionnaire, MBQ) and a subsample of students (n =118) received a diagnostic interview. Asian American students had higher BDI scores, but the groups did not differ on either the MBQ, a measure closely tied to DSM criteria for major depression, or on rates of current mood disorders. Elevated BDI scores overestimate rates of mood disorders, particularly in Asian American students.
KW - Asian American
KW - Depression
KW - Depression/diagnosis
KW - Depressive disorders
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U2 - 10.1023/B:PSAQ.0000043511.13623.1b
DO - 10.1023/B:PSAQ.0000043511.13623.1b
M3 - Article
C2 - 15563053
AN - SCOPUS:16644374500
SN - 0033-2720
VL - 75
SP - 361
EP - 373
JO - Psychiatric Quarterly
JF - Psychiatric Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -