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Personal value orientations as mediated predictors of mental health: A three-culture study of Chinese, Russian, and German university students / Orientaciones de valor personal como predictores mediadores de la salud mental: un estudio transcultural con estudiantes universitarios de China, Rusia y Alemania
Maercker, Andreas; Zhang, Xiao Chi; Gao, Zhihua; Kochetkov, Yakov; Lu, Shan; Sang, Zhiqin; Yang, Shaoqing; Schneider, Silvia; Margraf, Jürgen.
Affiliation
  • Maercker, Andreas; University of Zurich. Switzerland
  • Zhang, Xiao Chi; Ruhr University Bochum. Germany
  • Gao, Zhihua; Hebei United University. China
  • Kochetkov, Yakov; Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry. Russia
  • Lu, Shan; Capital Normal University. China
  • Sang, Zhiqin; Nanjing University. China
  • Yang, Shaoqing; Hebei United University. China
  • Schneider, Silvia; Ruhr University Bochum. Germany
  • Margraf, Jürgen; Ruhr University Bochum. Germany
Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet) ; 15(1): 8-17, ene.-abr. 2015. ilus, tab, graf
Article in En | IBECS | ID: ibc-137457
Responsible library: ES1.1
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ABSTRACT
Previous studies of traditional and modern value orientations in individuals found mediated predictive relationships of these values on particular mental disorders. The aim of this study with samples from three countries (Germany, Russia, and China) is to extend findings on mental health (MH) and value orientations to broader MH indicators and two types of mediators, i.e. social support and resilience in accordance to a theory of values and modernization/postmodernization. The multisite study was conducted in the three countries. A path-model with traditional values predicting MH mediated by social support, and modern values predicting MH mediated by resilience was tested in all three countries. As expected, value orientations were for the most part strongest in China, followed by Russia and Germany. Structural equation modeling supported the assumption of mediated prediction of MH by value orientations by and large. The traditional value benevolence predicts social support whereas the modern value self-direction predicts resilience. Value orientations are a sensitive tool to empirically describe cross-cultural differences. The findings indicate that personal value orientations are meaningful predictors of MH. The analysis of personal values shows promise in linking public health, cross-cultural and modernization issues (AU)
RESUMEN
Estudios previos sobre orientaciones de valores tradicionales y modernos encontraron relaciones predictivas mediadas con trastornos mentales particulares. El objetivo de este estudio con muestras procedentes de tres países (Alemania, Rusia y China) es ampliar los resultados indicadores más amplios de salud mental (SM) y dos tipos de mediadores (apoyo social y resiliencia), de acuerdo a la teoría de los valores y la modernización/postmodernización. Se probó en los tres países un path-model con valores tradicionales prediciendo la SM mediada por el apoyo social y valores modernos prediciendo la SM mediada por la resiliencia. Como era de esperar, las orientaciones de valores eran en su mayor parte más fuertes en China, seguido por Rusia y Alemania. Modelos de ecuaciones estructurales apoyaron la hipótesis de la predicción de la SM mediada por las orientaciones de valores en general. La benevolencia de valores tradicionales predice el apoyo social, mientras que el valor autodirección moderna predice la resiliencia. Las orientaciones de valores constituyen una herramienta sensible para describir empíricamente las diferencias interculturales. Los resultados indican que las orientaciones de valores personales son predictores significativos de la SM. El análisis de los valores personales se muestra prometedor en la salud pública transcultural y cuestiones de modernización (AU)
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Full text: 1 Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Social Values / Mental Health / Mental Disorders Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia / Europa Language: En Journal: Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet) Year: 2015 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Social Values / Mental Health / Mental Disorders Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia / Europa Language: En Journal: Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet) Year: 2015 Document type: Article