Cultural contributions to adults' self-rated mental health problems and strengths: 7 culture clusters, 28 societies, 16 906 adults.
Journal: Psychological medicine
Volume: 53
Issue: 16
Year of Publication: 2023
Affiliated Institutions:
University of Vermont, South Prospect Street, Burlington, VT , USA.
Yale University, College St, New Haven, CT , USA.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtine, Kosova.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Department of Child Psychiatry, Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute, Padiglione, Via Don Luigi Monza , Bosisio Parini, Lecco , Italy.
Departamento de Ciências Sociais e do Comportamento, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde - Norte, Rua Central de Gandra, , - Gandra, PRD, Portugal.
Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi , Taiwan.
Prague Psychiatric Centre, Laboratory of Social Psychiatry, Ustavni , Praha , Prague, Czech Republic.
University Paulista (Unip), Institute of Human Sciences, Rua Francisco Bautista, , São Paulo, Brazil.
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, , Rupublicii st. , Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Departament de Psicologia Clinica i de la Salut, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Edifici B, Bellaterra , Spain.
Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Hospital, Kawaharacho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, P. O. Box Lubbock, Texas , USA.
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room , Sino Building, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
School of Nursing and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Curie Blvd., Room , Claire M. Fagin Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Departement de Psychologie, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Laboratoire EVACLIPSY, Batiment C, e Etage, Salles C. & C., Avenue de la Republique, Nanterre , France.
Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, Mokhovaya str, /, Moscow , Russia.
Medical Faculty Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Hajduk Veljkova , Novi Sad , Serbia.
Africa Mental Health Foundation, P.O. Box -, Nairobi, Kenya.
Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Yonsei-ro, Soedaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Departement de Psychologie, Université de Paris Ouest, Laboratoire EVACLIPSY, Batiment C, Etage, Salles C. & C., Avenue de la Republique, Nanterre , France.
Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Psychiatry, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Department of Psychology, University of Latvia, Jurmalas Avenue /, Riga, Latvia LV-.
University of São Paulo, Instituto de Psicologia, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes , Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
Department of Psychology, Klaipeda University, Herkaus Manto str. , Klaipeda , Lithuania.
Department of Psychology, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
Aston Brain Centre, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK B ET.
Department of Child Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Room , Szczesliwicka , -, Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract summary
It is unknown how much variation in adult mental health problems is associated with differences between societal/cultural groups, over and above differences between individuals.To test these relative contributions, a consortium of indigenous researchers collected Adult Self-Report (ASR) ratings from 16 906 18- to 59-year-olds in 28 societies that represented seven culture clusters identified in the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavioral Effectiveness study (e.g. Confucian, Anglo). The ASR is scored on 17 problem scales, plus a personal strengths scale. Hierarchical linear modeling estimated variance accounted for by individual differences (including measurement error), society, and culture cluster. Multi-level analyses of covariance tested age and gender effects.Across the 17 problem scales, the variance accounted for by individual differences ranged from 80.3% for DSM-oriented anxiety problems to 95.2% for DSM-oriented avoidant personality (mean = 90.7%); by society: 3.2% for DSM-oriented somatic problems to 8.0% for DSM-oriented anxiety problems (mean = 6.3%); and by culture cluster: 0.0% for DSM-oriented avoidant personality to 11.6% for DSM-oriented anxiety problems (mean = 3.0%). For strengths, individual differences accounted for 80.8% of variance, societal differences 10.5%, and cultural differences 8.7%. Age and gender had very small effects.Overall, adults' self-ratings of mental health problems and strengths were associated much more with individual differences than societal/cultural differences, although this varied across scales. These findings support cross-cultural use of standardized measures to assess mental health problems, but urge caution in assessment of personal strengths.
Authors & Co-authors:
Copeland
Ivanova
Achenbach
Turner
Tong
Ahmeti-Pronaj
Au
Bellina
Caldas
Chen
Csemy
da Rocha
Dobrean
Ezpeleta
Funabiki
Harder
Lecannelier
Leiner de la Cabada
Leung
Liu
Mahr
Malykh
Markovic
Ndetei
Oh
Petot
Riad
Sakarya
Samaniego
Sebre
Shahini
Silvares
Simulioniene
Sokoli
Talcott
Vazquez
Wolanczyk
Zasepa
Study Outcome
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