TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural contributions to adults' self-rated mental health problems and strengths: 7 culture clusters, 28 societies, 16 906 adults
AU - Copeland, William E
AU - Ivanova, Masha Y
AU - Achenbach, Thomas M
AU - Turner, Lori V
AU - Tong, Guangyu
AU - Ahmeti-Pronaj, Adelina
AU - Au, Alma
AU - Bellina, Monica
AU - Caldas, J Carlos
AU - Chen, Yi-Chuen
AU - Csemy, Ladislav
AU - da Rocha, Marina M
AU - Dobrean, Anca
AU - Ezpeleta, Lourdes
AU - Funabiki, Yasuko
AU - Harder, Valerie S
AU - Lecannelier, Felipe
AU - Leiner de la Cabada, Marie
AU - Leung, Patrick
AU - Liu, Jianghong
AU - Mahr, Safia
AU - Malykh, Sergey
AU - Markovic, Jasminka
AU - Ndetei, David M
AU - Oh, Kyung Ja
AU - Petot, Jean-Michel
AU - Riad, Geylan
AU - Sakarya, Direnc
AU - Samaniego, Virginia C
AU - Sebre, Sandra
AU - Shahini, Mimoza
AU - Silvares, Edwiges
AU - Simulioniene, Roma
AU - Sokoli, Elvisa
AU - Talcott, Joel B
AU - Vazquez, Natalia
AU - Wolanczyk, Tomasz
AU - Zasepa, Ewa
N1 - This article has been published in a revised form in Psychological Medicine [https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723001332]. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND licence. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © copyright The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - BACKGROUND: 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.METHODS: 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.RESULTS: 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.CONCLUSIONS: 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.
AB - BACKGROUND: 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.METHODS: 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.RESULTS: 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.CONCLUSIONS: 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.
KW - cross-cultural
KW - international
KW - syndromes
KW - strengths
KW - psychopathology
KW - Adult self-report
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/cultural-contributions-to-adults-selfrated-mental-health-problems-and-strengths-7-culture-clusters-28-societies-16-906-adults/943A2D97E3F5D915BBF4316BB8C1E607#
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U2 - 10.1017/S0033291723001332
DO - 10.1017/S0033291723001332
M3 - Article
C2 - 37203460
SN - 0033-2917
VL - 53
SP - 7581
EP - 7590
JO - Psychological Medicine
JF - Psychological Medicine
IS - 16
ER -