Review Jurnal Intervensi Person-Centered Therapy

Judul A Person-centered Approach to Studying the Linkages among

Parent–Child Differences in Cultural Orientation, Supportive
Parenting, and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms in Chinese
American Families.
Jurnal Journal Youth Adolescence
Volume & Halaman Vol. 37, Hal. 36-49
Tahun 2008
Penulis Scott R. Weaver & Su Yeong Kim
Reviewer FRISKA FAZRIA
Tanggal 24 Desember 2013

Tujuan Penelitian The main objective of this study was to gain a better understanding
of the orientation of Chinese culture, immigrant parents and their
children can interact to produce an increase in symptoms of
depression among adolescents through a less supportive care
environment.
Subjek Penelitian The subjects of this study were 451 American Chinese families in
Northern California participating in current research. Adolescents
(53.8% women) had an average age of 13 years (SD = 0.73) in the
first wave and 17.05 years (SD = 0.80) in the second wave.
Adolescent children are mainly (75%) born in US. Most parents
(87% of fathers, 90% of mothers) are foreign births. The average
age at immigration was 30.45 years (SD = 10.03) for fathers and
28.30 years (SD = 8.80) for mothers. The length of time in the US
was 17.46 years (SD = 9.73) for fathers and 15.74 years (SD = 8.36)
for mothers. The majority of both fathers (63.1%) and mothers
(68.4%) reported reaching higher school or higher education level.
The average annual family income range is $ 30,001- $ 45,000,
although the income distribution is shown to have considerable
variability, with 13% reporting less than $ 15,000 and 6.2%
reporting more than $ 105,000. Most adolescents (85%) live with
both parents, with 10.7% living with only their mothers, 1.2% living
with only their father, and the remaining teenagers living in other
family structure configurations.
Metode Penelitian The method used in this study is the questionnaire method. This
questionnaire is given to adolescents and parents of Chinese
descent.
Definisi Operasional The dependent variable in this study is Adolescents' cultural
Variabel Dependen orientation.
• Tsai and Chentsova (Weaver & Kim, 2008) state that the
differential mode and degree of acculturation can lead to differences
in parents and children in an orientation culture, which is interpreted
as the extent to which individuals are influenced and actively
involved in certain cultural traditions, norms and practices.
 • Portes (Weaver & Kim, 2008) explain that immigrant parents and
their children both experience the power of assimilation,
children are often assimilated at a faster rate than their parents,
this right is called acculturation dissonance.
Cara & Alat The methods and tools used to measure the dependent variable are:
Mengukur Variabel • The method used to measure the dependent variable is to recruit
Dependen for indicators of Chinese-American adolescents. The study was
divided into two waves, the first wave in 2002 and the second wave
of 2006.
• The tool used in this study is a questionnaire. The questionnaire
used consists of two versions, namely the English version and
the Chinese language version.
Definisi Operasional The independent variable in this study is the person centered
Variabel Independen approach.
• A people-centered approach has been considered to be able to
benefit from researching teenagers and families (Bergman 2001;
Mandara 2003). The main aspect of the person-centered
approach is the emphasis on understanding the individual as a
whole, not on individual characteristics or the variable itself.
The strength of a people-centered approach is its ability to
accommodate non-linearities and interactions that cannot be
easily represented in a model variable center (Bergman, 2001).
Langkah-langkah The steps used in this research process are:
Terapi 1. In 2002 recruitment was carried out in seven secondary schools in
the major metropolitan areas of northern California with assistance
from school administrators (chosen based on criteria).
2. Request approval from the family regarding the research.
3. Participants were given a questionnaire package to be collected
two to three weeks after the letter by the research staff was received
by the participants.
4. Conducted an advanced study in 2006.
5. Share the two versions of the questionnaire with participants,
namely questionnaires in Chinese and English.
Hasil Penelitian Overall, the results of this study provide some support for the idea
that generation dissonance is related to parental support and the
level of togetherness of symptomatology depression. In general,
having parents with a bicultural profile seems most beneficial if the
same teenager has a bicultural profile. Things that need to be
considered in this study are not bicultural mothers or fathers, but
rather a combination of a biculturally parent and teenager. This
configuration may be optimal, because it involves a minimum
distance between parents and children in both Chinese and
American cultures while still in a family environment that has
aspects of Chinese cultural and traditional values and is equally
valued by parents and children.
Kekuatan Penelitian The strength of this research is that the tools used in the study in the
form of questionnaires are quite easy to use by the research subjects
 so that the data collection is not needed for a long time as in the
qualitative method.
Kelemahan Penelitian The weakness of this research is that the time span of the research
used in wave 1 to wave 2 is quite far, which is 4 years so that
subjects who can participate in the wave 2 are only 80%.