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Joseph D Hovey - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychosocial predictors of Acculturative Stress in mexican immigrants
The Journal of Psychology, 2000Co-Authors: Joseph D HoveyAbstract:Psychosocial predictors of Acculturative Stress were examined in a sample of adult Mexican immigrants in Los Angeles. Bivariate and multivariate analyses revealed that family dysfunction, geographical separation from family, nonpositive expectations for the future, and low income levels were significantly related to elevated levels of Acculturative Stress. The findings suggest that family closeness, hopefulness for the future, and financial resources may provide a buffer against Acculturative Stressors experienced by migrating individuals. The findings highlight the importance of using culturally relevant clinical methods when assessing and treating immigrants and acculturating individuals.
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Acculturative Stress anxiety and depression among mexican immigrant farmworkers in the midwest united states
Journal of Immigrant Health, 2000Co-Authors: Joseph D Hovey, Cristina G MaganaAbstract:No previous studies have examined the psychological functioning of immigrant farmworkers in the midwest United States. The purposes of the present study were threefold: (1) to assess the prevalence levels of anxiety and depression in a sample of Mexican immigrant farmworkers in the midwest United States; (2) to explore the relationships among Acculturative Stress, anxiety, and depression; and (3) to examine the variables that best predict anxiety and depression. The overall sample revealed elevated levels of anxiety and depression. Immigrant farmworkers with heightened levels of Acculturative Stress reported high levels of anxiety and depression. Family dysfunction, ineffective social support, low self-esteem, lack of choice in the decision to immigrate and live a migrant farmworker lifestyle, high education levels, and low levels of religiosity were significantly associated with high levels of anxiety and depression. The overall findings suggest that Mexican immigrant farmworkers who experience elevated levels of Acculturative Stress may be “at risk” for experiencing high levels of anxiety and depression. The findings highlight the importance of establishing prevention and treatment services for migrant farmworkers that aim to increase levels of emotional support, self-esteem, and coping skills.
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Acculturative Stress depression and suicidal ideation among central american immigrants
Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 2000Co-Authors: Joseph D HoveyAbstract:No previous studies have examined suicide risk among Central American immigrants. The present study explored the relationship between Acculturative Stress, depression, and suicidal ideation among Central American immigrants. Also examined were variables that predict depression and suicidal ideation. Elevated levels of Acculturative Stress were significantly correlated with high levels of depression and suicidal ideation. Family dysfunction, ineffective social support, nonpositive expectations concerning the future, low levels of religiosity, low levels of education and income, and lack of agreement with the decision to immigrate were significantly associated with high levels of depression and suicidal ideation. The overall findings suggest that Central American immigrants who experience elevated levels of Acculturative Stress may be at risk for experiencing heightened levels of depression and suicidal ideation. The findings highlight the importance of using culturally relevant clinical methods when assessing and treating depressed and potentially suicidal acculturating individuals.
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Acculturative Stress depression and suicidal ideation in mexican immigrants
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2000Co-Authors: Joseph D HoveyAbstract:This study examined the relationship among Acculturative Stress, depression, and suicidal ideation in a sample of Mexican immigrants. Also examined were variables that predict depression and suicidal ideation. Multiple regression analyses revealed that Acculturative Stress significantly predicted depression and suicidal ideation and that family support, social support, religiosity, agreement with the decision to migrate, and expectations for the future were significant predictors of depression and suicidal ideation. The overall findings suggest that adult Mexican immigrants who experience elevated levels of Acculturative Stress may be at risk for experiencing critical levels of depression and suicidal ideation. The findings highlight the importance of using culturally relevant clinical methods when assessing and treating the depressed and potentially suicidal acculturating individual. Language: en
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Acculturative Stress depression and suicidal ideation among immigrant and second generation latino adolescents
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996Co-Authors: Joseph D Hovey, Cheryl A KingAbstract:ABSTRACT Objective (1) To determine the relationship between Acculturative Stress, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation in a sample of immigrant and second-generation Latino-American adolescents, and (2) to determine the best predictors of Acculturative Stress and depressive symptoms. Method Subjects were 40 female and 30 male students from a bilingual program in a southern California high school. Measures used were the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics, the SAFE Acculturative Stress measure, the Family Assessment Device, the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale, the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-Junior, and an open-ended question measuring individual attitudes and expectations toward the future. A cross-sectional design was used. Results One fourth of the adolescents reported critical levels of depression and suicidal ideation, which were positively correlated with Acculturative Stress. Multiple regression analyses revealed that perceived family dysfunction and nonpositive "expectations for the future" were significant predictors of Acculturative Stress and depression. Conclusions Results suggest that some acculturating Latino adolescents experience high levels of Acculturative Stress. These adolescents are also "at risk" for experiencing critical levels of depression and suicidal ideation. Findings highlight the importance of assessing and treating the depressed and potentially suicidal acculturating adolescent within a cultural context.
Sawssan R. Ahmed - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Relationship Between Acculturative Stress and Postmigration Mental Health in Iraqi Refugee Women Resettled in San Diego, California
Community Mental Health Journal, 2021Co-Authors: Sandra Yun, Sawssan R. Ahmed, Alexander O. Hauson, Wael K. Al-delaimyAbstract:Due to the lack of research on the adverse impact of Acculturative Stress on the mental health, the current study examined the associations between Acculturative Stress and post-migration mental health outcomes among 219 Iraqi refugee women resettled in San Diego, California. Mental illness, trauma history, and Acculturative Stress were measured and descriptive statistical analyses, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine the association between Acculturative Stress, depression, and anxiety among the refugee women. About half of the participants were categorized as having anxiety (45.6%) and depression (55.3%). The multivariate regression analysis found that the odds of a mental health outcome of depression and anxiety in relation to Acculturative Stress, increases by a factor of 1.056 and 1.076 respectively, for every point increase on the Acculturative Stress scale. The study’s findings reflect a linear association of Acculturative Stress with depression and anxiety among Iraqi refugee mothers resettled in San Diego. The mental well-being of refugees does not always improve nor does their trauma disappear by resettling in a new country. Policy makers should consider extending the evaluation, follow-up, and support of Iraqi refugee mental health long beyond the current 90 post arrival policy.
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a structural model of racial discrimination Acculturative Stress and cultural resources among arab american adolescents
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Sawssan R. Ahmed, Maryam Kiakeating, Katherine TsaiAbstract:Despite evidence towards the risk for discrimination and Acculturative Stress that Arab American adolescents may face, the link between socio-cultural adversities and psychological well-being in this population has not been established. This study examined the role of socio-cultural adversities (discrimination and Acculturative Stress) and cultural resources (ethnic identity, religious support and religious coping) in terms of their direct impact on psychological diStress. Using structural equation modeling, the proposed model was tested with 240 Arab American adolescents. The results indicated a strong positive relationship between socio-cultural adversities and psychological diStress. Furthermore, this study supported a promotive model of cultural resources, where a negative association between cultural resources and psychological diStress was found. Understanding the manner in which socio-cultural adversities and resources are linked to psychological diStress can inform the development of culturally appropriate interventions that can effectively mitigate mental health concerns for understudied and vulnerable populations.
Cheryl A King - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Acculturative Stress depression and suicidal ideation among immigrant and second generation latino adolescents
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996Co-Authors: Joseph D Hovey, Cheryl A KingAbstract:ABSTRACT Objective (1) To determine the relationship between Acculturative Stress, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation in a sample of immigrant and second-generation Latino-American adolescents, and (2) to determine the best predictors of Acculturative Stress and depressive symptoms. Method Subjects were 40 female and 30 male students from a bilingual program in a southern California high school. Measures used were the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics, the SAFE Acculturative Stress measure, the Family Assessment Device, the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale, the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-Junior, and an open-ended question measuring individual attitudes and expectations toward the future. A cross-sectional design was used. Results One fourth of the adolescents reported critical levels of depression and suicidal ideation, which were positively correlated with Acculturative Stress. Multiple regression analyses revealed that perceived family dysfunction and nonpositive "expectations for the future" were significant predictors of Acculturative Stress and depression. Conclusions Results suggest that some acculturating Latino adolescents experience high levels of Acculturative Stress. These adolescents are also "at risk" for experiencing critical levels of depression and suicidal ideation. Findings highlight the importance of assessing and treating the depressed and potentially suicidal acculturating adolescent within a cultural context.
Michael J Zvolensky - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Acculturative Stress emotion regulation and affective symptomology among latino a college students
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Nubia A Mayorga, Charles Jardin, Jafar Bakhshaie, Lorra Garey, Andres G Viana, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Michael J ZvolenskyAbstract:Although recent work has highlighted the relation of Acculturative Stress with depression and anxiety symptoms specifically among Latino/a university students, the potential mechanisms underlying these associations remain relatively unknown. The present study aims to examine difficulties in emotion regulation as an explanatory factor in the relation of Acculturative Stress with symptoms of depression, suicidality, social anxiety, and anxious arousal. A sample of 448 Latino/a college students (Mage = 20.67 years, SD = 1.96; 78.3% female) were recruited from a southwestern public university through an online, self-report survey. Indirect effects of Acculturative Stress via difficulties in emotion regulation on all outcomes were observed among males and females. Follow-up analyses showed the indirect effect on all dependent variables among Latino men occurred exclusively through lack of access to emotion regulation strategies, whereas the indirect effects among Latina women occurred through a different subfactor of difficulties in emotion regulation for each dependent variable. These findings suggest the potential clinical utility of assessing and targeting Acculturative Stress and difficulties in emotion regulation in the treatment of depression and anxiety problems among Latino/a college students. (PsycINFO Database Record
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clarifying the relation of Acculturative Stress and anxiety depressive symptoms the role of anxiety sensitivity among hispanic college students
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2017Co-Authors: Charles Jardin, Nubia A Mayorga, Jafar Bakhshaie, Lorra Garey, Andres G Viana, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Carla Sharp, Michael J ZvolenskyAbstract:Objectives Recent work has highlighted the link between Acculturative Stress and depression/anxiety symptoms among Hispanic young adults, but the nature of these relations is not well understood. The present study aimed to clarify the relation between Acculturative Stress and depression/anxiety symptoms by examining anxiety sensitivity, globally and via subfactors, as an explanatory variable. Method A cross-sectional sample of 788 Hispanic college students (80.8% female; Mage = 20.83 years, SD = 1.93) was recruited from a southwestern public university and completed an online self-report assessment battery. Results Acculturative Stress exerted an indirect effect, via the global construct of anxiety sensitivity, on depression symptoms, suicidality, anxious arousal, and social anxiety symptoms. Follow-up simultaneous analytic models demonstrated indirect effects via the anxiety sensitivity subfactors that were pathognomonic with each of the specific affective outcomes. Conclusions These findings suggest the utility of assessing and targeting anxiety sensitivity in the treatment of Acculturative Stress-related depression/anxiety problems among Hispanic college students. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Acculturative Stress and experiential avoidance relations to depression suicide and anxiety symptoms among minority college students
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2016Co-Authors: Michael J Zvolensky, Charles Jardin, Lorra Garey, Zuzuky Robles, Carla SharpAbstract:AbstractAlthough college campuses represent strategic locations to address mental health disparity among minorities in the US, there has been strikingly little empirical work on risk processes for anxiety/depression among this population. The present investigation examined the interactive effects of Acculturative Stress and experiential avoidance in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms among minority college students (n = 1,095; 78.1% female; Mage = 21.92, SD = 4.23; 15.1% African-American (non-Hispanic), 45.3% Hispanic, 32.5% Asian, and 7.1% other races/ethnicities. Results provided empirical evidence of an interaction between Acculturative Stress and experiential avoidance for suicidal, social anxiety, and anxious arousal symptoms among the studied sample. Inspection of the significant interactions revealed that Acculturative Stress was related to greater levels of suicidal symptoms, social anxiety, and anxious arousal among minority college students with higher, but not lower, levels of experien...
Kelly Yuhsin Liao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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forbearance coping identification with heritage culture Acculturative Stress and psychological diStress among chinese international students
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012Co-Authors: Meifen Wei, Kelly Yuhsin Liao, Puncky Paul Heppner, Ruth Chulien ChaoAbstract:Based on Berry’s (1997) theoretical framework for acculturation, our goal in this study was to examine whether the use of a culturally relevant coping strategy (i.e., forbearance coping, a predictor) would be associated with a lower level of psychological diStress (a psychological outcome), for whom (i.e., those with weaker vs. stronger identification with heritage culture, a moderator), and under what situations (i.e., lower vs. higher Acculturative Stress, a moderator). A total of 188 Chinese international students completed an online survey. Results from a hierarchical regression indicated a significant 3-way interaction of forbearance coping, identification with heritage culture, and Acculturative Stress on psychological diStress. For those with a weaker identification with their heritage culture, when Acculturative Stress was higher, the use of forbearance coping was positively associated with psychological diStress. However, this was not the case when Acculturative Stress was lower. In other words, the use of forbearance coping was not significantly associated with psychological diStress when Acculturative Stress was lower. Moreover, for those with a stronger cultural heritage identification, the use of forbearance coping was not significantly associated with psychological diStress regardless of whether Acculturative Stress was high or low. Future research and implications are discussed.
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Acculturative Stress perfectionism years in the united states and depression among chinese international students
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2007Co-Authors: Meifen Wei, Paul P Heppner, Michael J Mallen, Kelly Yuhsin LiaoAbstract:The present study examined whether maladaptive perfectionism (i.e., discrepancy between expectations and performance) and length of time in the United States moderated the association between Acculturative Stress and depression. Data were collected through online surveys from 189 Chinese international students from China and Taiwan attending a midwestern university. Results from a hierarchical regression showed that there were significant main effects of Acculturative Stress and maladaptive perfectionism on depression, no significant two-way interactions, and a significant three-way interaction, indicating that Acculturative Stress, maladaptive perfectionism, and length of time in the United States interacted to predict depression. Low maladaptive perfectionism buffered the effect of Acculturative Stress on depression only for those who had been in the United States for a relatively longer period of time. Implications for counseling and future research directions are discussed.