ACP2023 Pre-Recorded Virtual Presentations

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68727 | Intercultural Adaptation Among Long-Term Chinese Residents in Japan: A Study Examining Acculturation, Acculturation Stress and Demographic Variables

Shizhe Zhao, Yamaguchi University, Japan

Tomoko Tanaka, Okayama University, Japan

To examine the relationship between acculturation, acculturation stress, demographic variables, and psychologic adaptation among long-term Chinese residents in Japan, an online survey was conducted. Data of 307 Chinese residents who have lived in Japan for more than 3 years was analyzed. In addition to demographic variables, host/ethnic culture orientation as acculturation; Japanese language insufficiency, social isolation, perceived discrimination as acculturation stress; subjective well-being as a positive aspect and depression as a negative aspect of psychologic adaption were utilized in this study. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed 3 significant predictors of subjective well-being: social isolation (β = −.54, p < .001), host culture orientation (β = .17, p < .001), and marital status (β = .15, p < .001). The results also revealed 5 significant predictors of depression: social isolation (β = .40, p < .001), Japanese cognitive status (β = .17, p < .001), age (β = -.19, p < .001), educational background (β = -.18, p < .001) and perceived discrimination (β = .16, p < .01). The results confirmed the negative effect of social isolation in the largest foreign group in Japan. The results also show that while the experience of discrimination significantly increased depression, the lack of Japanese language proficiency had no significant effect on either the positive or negative aspects of intercultural adaptation. In addition, Japanese culture orientation encourages a better subjective well-being. All factors including demographic variables were discussed by comparing studies on Koreans in Japan and overseas Chinese in other countries.

69235 | A Formative Assessment of the Mental Health (MH) and Wellbeing (Wb) of Students Enrolled in the Heroes Development Programme (HDP)

Christina Joseph, The Heroes Foundation, Trinidad and Tobago

Michael Pierre, The Heroes Foundation, Trinidad and Tobago

<p style="font-weight: 400">The Heroes Foundation investigated youth Mental Health and Wellbeing as part of the HDP due to the increased reports of child abuse and neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic and mass migration of Venezuelans. This formative assessment is one of the measures that will assess the effectiveness of implemented interventions. The aim was to benchmark the MH and Wb scores of students enrolled in the HDP. In this cross-sectional study, the sample population were students and children from interested secondary schools and migrant groups. Self-reported online surveys were disseminated to participants, 10 to 18 years old, whose authorised adults consented to their participation. Both surveys were adapted from standard surveys and translated to Spanish for migrants. There were 311 participants. Locals were “At risk” of Separation Anxiety Disorders (22%), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (48%), Mood Disorders (37%) and Conduct Disorder (CD) (44%) and 17% of migrants were “At risk” of CD. Less than 40% of the locals were “At risk” of Social (38%) and Academic (34%) problems. Migrants were “At risk” of Social (48%) and Academic (78%) problems. Majority of the locals (94%) and migrants (95%) were “At risk” of Emotional problems. This formative assessment observed that local and migrant participants were “At risk” of developing specific mental health and behavioural problems. This evidence will be used to i) inform curriculum development (design and intervention) and ii) support public policy development.</p>

69127 | The Mediating Role of Exercise Self-Efficacy on the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Exercise Participation of Team Sports Student-Athletes

Cely Magpantay, De la Salle University, Philippines

David Kuyunjik Damian, De la Salle University, Philippines

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between depressive symptoms and exercise participation among student athletes in the Philippines and to know if the relationship was mediated by exercise self-efficacy. The population consisted of team sport student athletes (N=215) aged 18-30 years who were currently enrolled in their respective schools. The study utilized a cross-sectional explanatory non-experimental quantitative design. In choosing for appropriate statistical analysis, the researchers followed Baron and Kenny 1986 consideration for mediation. Mediation Analysis with bootstrapping or Hayes’ model was employed to treat the data that was gathered. The results showed that there was no significant association between depressive symptoms and exercise participation R2 =.012, F (1, 213) = 2.60, p = .1089. Further analyses revealed that exercise self-efficacy did not mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and exercise participation among student athletes R2 =.019, F (2, 212) = 2.06, p = .1304. Implications of depressive symptoms, exercise self-efficacy, and exercise participation are discussed. Other factors in predicting exercise participation among student athletes should be further studied.

Psychology and Education

67339 | Research on Self-Esteem of Adolescents

Enkhmaa Badmaanyam, University of Finance and Economics, Mongolia

Kalamkhas Jyekyei, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Mongolia

Bolortamir Luvsantseren, University of Finance and Economics, Mongolia

Since Mongolia's transformation from a socialist to a democratic society in 1990, the country’s population has experienced significant changes in regards to both way of life and personal values. This political shift has had both positive and negative effects on individuals’ mental health, but has especially affected the self-esteem of teenagers. Adolescence is a period of intense physical and psychological change, and self-esteem, or the evaluation of one’s own worth, plays an integral role in individual development. It can be particularly difficult for teenagers, who account for 18.5 percent of Mongolia’s population, to balance external societal and political changes alongside their own already tumultuous inner worlds. In the interest of exploring how adolescents define and interpret their “ideal self”, we used the Dembo-Rubinstein Scale of Self-Esteem Measurement to assess 50 high school students aged between 15-17 and their evaluations of their own self-worth in light of recent cultural transformations in the country. According to Hewitt, John P. (2009), self-esteem is the level of confidence one has in their own worth or talents. The ideal self is a