@article{ref1,
title="Family conflicts, coping skills, depressive symptoms, and gender among Korean American adolescents: mediating effects of self-esteem",
journal="Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research",
year="2021",
author="Park, Yeddi and Park, So-Young and Williams, Michelle and Shibusawa, Tazuko and Martin, James I.",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="465-488",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study examines the prevalence of depressive symptoms among Korean American (KA) adolescents and explores the complex relationships among family conflicts, coping skills, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and gender in KA adolescents, including the mediating role of self-esteem and gender differences. <br><br>METHOD: We used linear regression and structural equation modeling to analyze results of a cross-sectional survey of 339 KA adolescents (ages 12-18) living in New York and New Jersey and recruited primarily from religious organizations. <br><br>RESULTS: KA adolescents had a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. Self-esteem partially mediated the effects of interparental conflict and parent-adolescent conflict on depressive symptoms and fully mediated the effect of problem-focused disengagement coping on depressive symptoms for KA adolescents. There were statistically significant differences between KA male and female youths on the mean values for parent-adolescent conflict, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms, but there were no gender differences in the relationships among interparental and parent-adolescent conflicts, problem-focused disengagement coping, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our findings expand knowledge about family conflict and depression among KA adolescents by examining protective and risk factors not sufficiently studied within this population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2334-2315",
doi="10.1086/715816",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/715816"
}