TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Family conflicts, coping skills, depressive symptoms, and gender among Korean American adolescents: mediating effects of self-esteem
JO  - Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
A1  - Park, Yeddi
A1  - Park, So-Young
A1  - Williams, Michelle
A1  - Shibusawa, Tazuko
A1  - Martin, James I.
SP  - 465
EP  - 488
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2334-2315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/715816
ID  - ref1
ER  -