The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which depression severity, gender, acculturation, and enculturation are associated with help-seeking attitudes among Arab/Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Americans. A hierarchical linear regression was conducted with a sample of 296 Arab/MENA participants (154 women and 142 men). After controlling for pertinent demographic variables, depression severity was negatively associated with help-seeking. Further, there was a significant three-way interaction between depression severity, gender, and enculturation on help-seeking attitudes. For women with higher levels of depression symptoms, higher levels of enculturation were associated with less positive help-seeking attitudes; conversely, higher levels of enculturation for men were associated with more positive help-seeking attitudes. These results have significant implications for clinicians working with Arab/MENA American populations. Practitioners should be aware of acculturation and enculturation processes as well as the ways in which depression symptom severity may influence engagement in treatment differentially for Arab/MENA women and men. Future research is needed to examine the mechanisms underlying these relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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阿拉伯/中东北非 （MENA） 美国人的抑郁、性别和寻求帮助：文化化的作用。


本研究的目的是检查阿拉伯/中东北非 （MENA） 美国人抑郁症严重程度、性别、文化适应和文化适应与寻求帮助态度的关系。对 296 名阿拉伯/中东和北非参与者 （154 名女性和 142 名男性） 的样本进行了分层线性回归。在控制了相关的人口统计学变量后，抑郁严重程度与寻求帮助呈负相关。此外，抑郁严重程度、性别和文化化对寻求帮助的态度存在显着的三向交互作用。对于抑郁症状水平较高的女性，较高的文化适应水平与不太积极的寻求帮助态度相关;相反，男性文化化水平较高与更积极的寻求帮助态度相关。这些结果对研究阿拉伯/中东和北非美洲人群的临床医生具有重要意义。从业者应了解文化适应和文化适应过程，以及抑郁症状的严重程度可能影响阿拉伯/中东和北非女性和男性接受治疗的方式差异。需要进一步的研究来检查这些关系背后的机制。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。