Download or read book Acculturation as a Mediator of Coping and Psychological Well being Among Nigerian Immigrants in the United States written by Theophilus Chinaewubeze Ebulueme and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Psychological Effects of Acculturation on Nigerian Immigrants Living in the United States written by Ademola Fawole and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study examined the psychological effects of acculturation on Nigerian immigrants currently living in the United States. A survey of 100 Nigerian immigrants and a follow-up interview of five Nigerian immigrants residing in the Philadelphia and New Jersey areas were conducted to explore their pre-migration motives and expectations, acculturation experiences, and coping mechanisms. Literature review showed that migrating to another culture disrupts an individual's cultural behavioral norms and values, familial and social networks, and socio-economic status, resulting in acculturative stress. Immigrants also experience a sense of loss of their original culture and norms, culture shock, racism and loss of ethnic identities, all of which may impact their psychological functioning and lead to mental health problems. The study examined the impacts of acculturative stress on the psychological state and family dynamics of Nigerian immigrants. The study presented a socio-political history of Nigeria and an account on Nigerians' migration to the United States to provide insight into pre-migration motives of Nigerian immigrants. Furthermore, the study examined the effect of ethnic based religious or socio-cultural organizations on the immigrants' acculturative stress. The study made treatment recommendations for mental health practitioners working with Nigerian immigrants.

Download or read book Acculturation Coping and Mental Health Among First Generation Kenyan Immigrants in the United States written by Lilian A. Odera and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Standardization Study written by Nnenna A. Ndika and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mental and Behavioral Health of Immigrants in the United States written by Gordon C. Nagayama Hall and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental and Behavioral Health of Immigrants in the United States reviews research on immigrant mental health, acculturation, and multicultural psychology. The book is divided into three sections: Section A addresses the geographic and social context of immigration, including how parents and children navigate the acculturation process, how different cultural orientations affect behavior, and research methods on acculturation. Sections B and C focus on mental health issues common to Latinx, Asian, and Arab/Middle Eastern immigrants, and then more broadly across immigrant groups. Included here are a focus on depression, anxiety, and somatization, as well as alcohol abuse, insomnia, and issues for LGBTQ+ individuals. Pre- and post-migration stressors are discussed, as well as the effects of prejudice and bias, the mental health effects of religion and spirituality, and managing the demands of both work and family. Contributors from psychology, education, and social work provide different perspectives and identify opportunities for future research. Summarizes research on mental health issues common to immigrants Identifies prevalence of mental disorders among ethnic minorities in the United States Examines the impact of group-based discrimination on mental health Explores the impact of acculturation on mental health Reviews mental health issues specific to Latinx, Asian, and Middle Eastern immigrants Covers alcohol abuse, sleep, and other disorders across immigrant groups

Download or read book Acculturation Related Mental Health Stressors Among Recent West African Immigrants in Southern California written by Sam Okibe and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West African immigrants are the largest group of African immigrants in the United States. However, there has not been much research focusing on this increasingly growing group of immigrants. The purpose of this qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) research was to explore acculturation related mental health stressors among recent West African Immigrants in Southern California. The research aimed to answer four relevant questions, namely, what are the acculturation patterns of recent West African immigrants living in Southern California, what are the mental health stressors of recent West African Immigrants living in Southern California, what are the coping strategies of recent West African immigrants living in Southern California, and what is the attitude of recent West African immigrants living in Southern California toward psychotherapy. The results of this study yielded four superordinate themes-Varied acculturation patterns, Multiple levels of stressors and anxiety, Resilience and resourceful in coping, and Varied attitude towards psychotherapy. The study also uncovered sixteen additional subthemes, which further elaborated on the superordinate themes. Five recent West African Immigrants were randomly sampled through snowballing for this research. Apart from providing answers to the research questions, this study also revealed that religious identity might be as important as ethnic identity and national identity in determining acculturation patterns. The study also indicates that immigrants' pattern of acculturation is fluid and continues to change over time based on acculturation related factors, and that choice of coping mechanisms greatly affects mental health outcome of immigrants.

Download or read book Immigration Cultural Identity and Mental Health written by Eugenio M. Rothe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will the ethnic, racial and cultural face of the United States look like in the upcoming decades, and how will the American population adapt to these changes? Immigration, Cultural Identity, and Mental Health: Psycho-social Implications of the Reshaping of America outlines the various psychosocial impacts of immigration on cultural identity and its impact on mainstream culture. Thoroughly researched, this book examines how cultural identity relates to individual mental health and should be taken into account in mental health treatment. In a time when globalization is decreasing the importance of national boundaries and impacting cultural identity for both minority and mainstream populations, the authors explore the multiple facets of what immigration means for culture and mental health. The authors review the concept of acculturation and examine not only how the immigrant's identity transforms through this process, but also how the immigrant transforms the host culture through inter-culturation. The authors detail the risk factors and protective factors that affect the first generation and subsequent generations of immigrants in their adaptation to American society, and also seek to dispel myths and clarify statistics of criminality among immigrant populations. Further, the book aims to elucidate the importance of ethnicity and race in the psycho-therapeutic encounter and offers treatment recommendations on how to approach and discuss issues of ethnicity and race in psychotherapy. It also presents evidence-based psychological treatment interventions for immigrants and members of minority populations and shows how psychotherapy involves the creation of new, more adaptive narratives that can provide healing, personal growth, and relevance to the immigrant experience. Throughout, the authors provide clinical case examples to illustrate the concepts presented.

Download or read book Acculturation Psychological Well being and Substance Use Behaviors in Asian Indian Americans written by Sonia Y. Amin and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American population is becoming more diversified with increases in the number of immigrants and refugees entering the country. These new Americans bring distinct cultural values, traditions, and worldviews. With this diversity, an important need has arisen to better understand the interplay of culture, physical, and mental health concerns that affect specific racial and ethnic populations. This increase in knowledge and awareness will aid in the development and provision of culturally-sensitive mental health services. The stress of immigration and the multifaceted sociocultural and psychological adaptations involved in adjusting to living in a new country with a Eurocentric dominant culture can affect the psychological well-being of immigrants (Abouguendia & Noels, 2001; Tummala-Narra, Deshpande, & Kaur, 2016). The existent scholarship demonstrates that immigrants may seek to migrate to the United States for better economical and educational opportunities, but also experience multifaceted challenges that can impact their relationships, psychological well-being, coping strategies, and overall health (Gibson, 2001; Farver, Bhadha, & Narang, 2002; Oppedal, Roysamb, & Sam, 2004). Previous research has also indicated that increased substance use is linked to decreased psychological well-being (Gong, Takeuchi, Agbayani-Siewert, & Tacata, 2003). The present study builds on previous scholarship that examines the acculturation experiences of Asian immigrants and the Asian American population. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine acculturation experiences, psychological well-being, and substance use behaviors in the Asian Indian population living in the United States. Differences between these three variables were assessed across generation status and length of residency. One hundred and twenty-two participants who identified as Asian Indian, between the ages of 18 to 60, and currently living in the United States participated in this study. Participants were recruited from Asian American and South Asian American email lists and Asian Indian community centers. The instruments used in this study included: demographic questionnaire, Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale (SL-ASIA; Suinn, Rickard-Figueroa, Lew, & Vigil, 1987), Scale for Psychological Well-Being (SPWB; Ryff, 1989), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT; Saunders, Aasland, Babor, de la Fuente & Grant, 1993), and Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST; Skinner, 1982). Primary analyses were conducted via linear regression analyses, multivariate tests of variance, and hierarchical regression analyses. The findings from the study indicated that increases in alcohol use is associated with increases in psychological well-being. The results also suggested that decreases in psychological well-being may be linked with increases in the level of acculturation of Asian Indian Americans. Interpretation of findings, study limitations, clinical implications, and future directions are further explored in the discussion section.

Download or read book Acculturation Acculturative Stress Social Status and Well Being Among English Language Proficient Immigrants written by Darren R Bernal and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of social status on well-being are pervasive (American Psychological Association Task Force on Socioeconomic Status, 2006; Marmot, 2004). Social status has been proposed to play a role (Berry, 1987; Padilla & Perez, 2003) in the complex association between both acculturation and acculturative stress and psychological well-being (Koneru, 2007). Subjective Social Status is a promising method of measuring social status (Adler, 2013) that has not been examined in regard to immigrants' well-being. In an attempt to fill this gap in the literature, this study explored questions about immigrants' well-being as they acculturate to and deal with acculturative stressors in the United States. In particular, the potential role of subjective social status (SSS) in the acculturation and acculturative stress process was examined. Based on a review of the literature, the expectation was that immigrant perceived social status would be related to well-being, and that this perceived social status would moderate the relationship between acculturation, acculturative stress, and well-being. To explore this hypothesis, two hundred and one adult immigrants were recruited using the Mechanical Turk website. The resulting sample was more acculturated to the United States than their own culture and approximately half the participants identified as non-Latino White/Caucasian. Overall, the results indicated a negative association between acculturative stress with both quality of life and psychological health. Increased acculturation was also positively associated with quality of life and psychological health. Regression analysis also indicated that subjective social status moderated the association between acculturative stress and well-being. The results make the novel contribution that SSS is relevant to immigrants' well-being. Future research should be conducted in populations that are less acculturated to the United States and examine the factors that affect immigrant's subjective experience of status. Limitations and further direction for future study focusing on subjective social status in immigrants are discussed.

Download or read book Acculturation Ethnic Identity and Psychological Well Being of Albanian American Immigrants in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the relationship between acculturation, ethnic identity, and psychological well-being of the Albanian-American immigrant community in United States. A total of 139 Albanian-American immigrants aged 21u201335 years old participated in the study. In order to utilize the data, participants filled out four different surveys, including a demographic questionnaire, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA), and Ryffu2019s Psychological Well-Being scale. A correlational design relying on cross-sectional survey data and multiple regression analysis was used to study the correlations between acculturation, ethnic identity, and psychological well-being. The results showed that ethnic identity, acculturation, and psychological well-being were positively correlated to each other. In addition, the results showed that both ethnic identity and acculturation affected the psychological well-being of Albanian-American immigrants in the United States. This relationship was further moderated by gender and length of residency in the United States and mediated through graduate school education. The results of this study will help clinicians, social workers, and policy makers that work with immigrants to better understand the psychological consequences of immigration due to acculturation and ethnic identity factors.

Download or read book The Effects of Acculturation on the Mental and Physical Health of Aging Latino and Asian Immigrants written by James Ruoro Muruthi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies within this dissertation contribute to the existing scholarship by investigating social capital and acculturation factors as intersecting predictors of aging immigrants' health, thereby providing a more comprehensive understanding of health heterogeneity among aging immigrants. Specifically, the current study investigated how aging Asian and Latino Americans' self-rated physical and mental health is impacted by both social capital and acculturation factors. It also investigated the effect of social capital as a potential moderator and mediator of the relationship between the acculturation process and self-ratings of physical and mental health. Analyses were based on a sample of Vietnamese, Chinese, Cuban and Mexican adults, 55 years and older, from the 2002 0́3 2003 National Latino and Asian American Study, a nationally representative household survey of Latinos and Asian Americans. Study 1 investigated the structural model of social capital among immigrants while proposing that definitions of social capital among immigrants should consider socio-historical factors such as perceptions of discrimination. Results from exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure from variables hypothesized to indicate social capital. Results from a second-order confirmatory analysis showed that perceptions of discrimination were not significant contributors to social capital but social support from family, social support by friends, and neighborhood cohesion were significant factors. An alignment analysis confirmed that the resultant index could be used to compare social capital across the four ethnic groups. Study 2 analyzed the pathways through which social capital indicators impacted the relationship between acculturation factors and self-reported mental and physical health among aging immigrants. Findings from Study 2 supported the mediation hypothesis that acculturation (measured by length of residence in the U.S.) would predict social capital, which would, in turn, predict individual ratings of both physical and mental health. These results highlight that social capital partially explains the interaction between self-rated physical and mental health among the sample of aging Latino and Asian American immigrants. Moderation hypotheses were not supported by the data. Results not only aid in better understanding the measurement of social capital and its role in the acculturation-health relationship, but also clarify pathways between self-rated health, acculturation and social capital.

Download or read book Acculturation Gender and Physical psychological Health written by Neveen Fawzy Shafeek Amin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous studies show that health outcomes of immigrants in the United States are favorable compared with U.S.-born whites. Middle Eastern (ME) immigrants are a growing U.S. minority population, yet research on their health is minimal. Using data from the 2002–2012 National Health Interview Surveys, this dissertation addresses key gaps in the immigrant health literature of the ME population through three empirical chapters examining the association between ac¬culturation and various physical/psychological health outcomes of ME immigrants in the U.S. I first examine the association between acculturation and three health outcomes (self-rated health, activity limitations, and chronic health conditions) among ME immigrants, comparing their health to those of U.S.-born whites. Results show that whereas the least acculturated ME immigrants have significantly lower odds of reporting fair or poor health, the most acculturated ME immigrants have higher odds of reporting fair or poor health compared to U.S.-born whites. Additionally, ME immigrants are significantly less likely to report any activity limitations or chronic health conditions compared to U.S.-born whites. I next investigate whether the relationship between acculturation and the three health outcomes varies by gender. Results indicate that, ME immigrants are generally healthier than U.S.-born whites; ME immigrant men are healthier than ME immigrant women. The study finds evidence of an association between acculturation and self-rated health. However, the acculturation pattern does not hold for activity limitations or for chronic health conditions. Male and female ME immigrants of all accultura¬tion levels are less likely to report any activity limitations or chronic health conditions compared to their U.S.-born counterparts.I then examine the linkage of duration status and serious psychological distress (SPD) of ME immigrants comparing their SPD to those of U.S.-born whites and investigating whether this relationship varies by gender. I find evidence that duration status and SPD pattern pertains to ME immigrants, particularly women, who report higher odds of SPD compared to their male counterparts. Results show no statistically significant differences between ME immigrant men and U.S.-born white men with regard to SPD. On the contrary, whereas ME immigrant women with shorter duration are less likely to report SPD than U.S.-born whites, ME immigrant women with longer duration are significantly more likely to report SPD compared to U.S.-born whites.

Download or read book Immigration and Religion in America written by Richard Alba and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion has played a crucial role in American immigration history as an institutional resource for migrants' social adaptation, as a map of meaning for interpreting immigration experiences, and as a continuous force for expanding the national ideal of pluralism. To explain these processes the editors of this volume brought together the perspectives of leading scholars of migration and religion. The resulting essays present salient patterns in American immigrants' religious lives, past and present. In comparing the religious experiences of Mexicans and Italians, Japanese and Koreans, Eastern European Jews and Arab Muslims, and African Americans and Haitians, the book clarifies how such processes as incorporation into existing religions, introduction of new faiths, conversion, and diversification have contributed to America's extraordinary religious diversity and add a comprehensive religious dimension to our understanding of America as a nation of immigrants.

Download or read book Introducing Intercultural Communication written by Shuang Liu and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books on intercultural communication are rarely written with an intercultural readership in mind. In contrast, this multinational team of authors has put together an introduction to communicating across cultures that uses examples and case studies from around the world. The book further covers essential new topics, including international conflict, social networking, migration, and the effects technology and mass media play in the globalization of communication. Written to be accessible for international students too, this text situates communication theory in a truly global perspective. Each chapter brings to life the links between theory and practice and between the global and the local, introducing key theories and their practical applications. Along the way, you will be supported with first-rate learning resources, including: • theory corners with concise, boxed-out digests of key theoretical concepts • case illustrations putting the main points of each chapter into context • learning objectives, discussion questions, key terms and further reading framing each chapter and stimulating further discussion • a companion website containing resources for instructors, including multiple choice questions, presentation slides, exercises and activities, and teaching notes. This book will not merely guide you to success in your studies, but will teach you to become a more critical consumer of information and understand the influence of your own culture on how you view yourself and others.

Download or read book U S Immigration and Education written by Elena L. Grigorenko and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart

Download or read book Refuge and Resilience written by Laura Simich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the social and psychological resources that promote resilience among forced migrants, this book presents theory and evidence about what keeps refugees healthy during resettlement. The book draws on contributions from cultural psychiatry, anthropology, ethics, nursing, psychiatric epidemiology, sociology and social work. Concern about immigrant mental health and social integration in resettlement countries has given rise to public debates that challenge scientists and policy makers to assemble facts and solutions to perceived problems. Since the 1980s, refugee mental health research has been productive but arguably overly-focused on mental disorders and problems rather than solutions. Social science perspectives are not well integrated with medical science and treatment, which is at odds with social reality and underlies inadequacy and fragmentation in policy and service delivery. Research and practice that contribute to positive refugee mental health from Canada and the U.S. show that refugee mental health promotion must take into account social and policy contexts of immigration and health care in addition to medical issues. Despite traumatic experiences, most refugees are not mentally ill in a clinical sense and those who do need medical attention often do not receive appropriate care. As recent studies show, social and cultural determinants of health may play a larger role in refugee health and adaptation outcomes than do biological factors or pre-migration experiences. This book’s goal therefore is to broaden the refugee mental health field with social and cultural perspectives on resilience and mental health.

Download or read book Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities written by Andrew J. Fuligni and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of legal segregation in schools, most research on educational inequality has focused on economic and other structural obstacles to the academic achievement of disadvantaged groups. But in Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities, a distinguished group of psychologists and social scientists argue that stereotypes about the academic potential of some minority groups remain a significant barrier to their achievement. This groundbreaking volume examines how low institutional and cultural expectations of minorities hinder their academic success, how these stereotypes are perpetuated, and the ways that minority students attempt to empower themselves by redefining their identities. The contributors to Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities explore issues of ethnic identity and educational inequality from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, drawing on historical analyses, social-psychological experiments, interviews, and observation. Meagan Patterson and Rebecca Bigler show that when teachers label or segregate students according to social categories (even in subtle ways), students are more likely to rank and stereotype one another, so educators must pay attention to the implicit or unintentional ways that they emphasize group differences. Many of the contributors contest John Ogbu's theory that African Americans have developed an "oppositional culture" that devalues academic effort as a form of "acting white." Daphna Oyserman and Daniel Brickman, in their study of black and Latino youth, find evidence that strong identification with their ethnic group is actually associated with higher academic motivation among minority youth. Yet, as Julie Garcia and Jennifer Crocker find in a study of African-American female college students, the desire to disprove negative stereotypes about race and gender can lead to anxiety, low self-esteem, and excessive, self-defeating levels of effort, which impede learning and academic success. The authors call for educational institutions to diffuse these threats to minority students' identities by emphasizing that intelligence is a malleable rather than a fixed trait. Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities reveals the many hidden ways that educational opportunities are denied to some social groups. At the same time, this probing and wide-ranging anthology provides a fresh perspective on the creative ways that these groups challenge stereotypes and attempt to participate fully in the educational system.