Mind the Gap: The Relation Between Identity Gaps and Depression Symptoms in Cultural Adaptation.

ABSTRACT: Personal-enacted identity gaps, defined as the difference between an individual's self-view and the self that one expresses in communication, affect depression levels of international students living in the United States. Thus, identity gaps are an important construct for understanding the relation between identity and health outcomes. The present research examined the relation between personal-enacted identity gaps formed through communication with Americans and depression, extending previous work by considering the roles of acculturative stress and self-construal and providing one of the first tests of the relation between identity gaps and acculturative stress. A sample of 171 undergraduate and graduate international students studying in the United States was recruited to participate in

SUBMITTER: Amado S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7289985 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature