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Interactions Between Social Support Acculturation And Health Among Mexican Immigrants
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Book Synopsis Interactions Between Social Support, Acculturation and Health Among Mexican Immigrants by : Christopher D. Anderson
Download or read book Interactions Between Social Support, Acculturation and Health Among Mexican Immigrants written by Christopher D. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mexican Immigrant Women by : V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder
Download or read book Mexican Immigrant Women written by V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Perceived Social Status, Stress, and Health in Mexican American Immigrants by : Roland Marcus Green
Download or read book The Relationship Between Perceived Social Status, Stress, and Health in Mexican American Immigrants written by Roland Marcus Green and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current paper examines the relationship between social support, perceived social status and health in the context of the Hispanic Paradox. It was hypothesized that social support will predict perceived social status which, in turn, is an important factor in predicting physical health among Mexican immigrants. The current paper also hypothesized that stress mediates the relationship between perceived social status and health. Three hundred and twenty male and female Mexican immigrants (ages 18-79) completed questionnaires, wore ambulatory blood pressure monitors for 24 hours, and submitted blood samples. Results supported some, but not most hypotheses. Greater social support was related to higher perceived social status (p = 0.01) and stress mediated two indirect relationships between perceived social status and health outcomes. Specifically, as perceived social status increased calories consumed decreased (p = 0.01) and self-reported health improved (p = 0.02). Still, there were no direct relationships between perceived social status and health outcomes and only two stress mediated relationships. Implications of the results and future directions are addressed. The paper discusses the possibility that higher education and possible variations in degree of acculturation among study participants might have resulted in a unique relationship between perceived social status and health. The paper also addresses the role that a high LDS affiliation among participants might play in the relationship between perceived social status and health of Hispanic immigrants. Finally, the relationship between perceived social status and self-reported health as the study?s most consistent finding is discussed.
Book Synopsis Types and Cultural Sources of Social Support by : Elisa Hernandez
Download or read book Types and Cultural Sources of Social Support written by Elisa Hernandez and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there have been great strides in acculturation research, social support has not been adequately researched through the lens of acculturation. The available literature indicates that a bicultural acculturation strategy and high levels of social support are associated with beneficial outcomes for both physical and mental health (Berry, 2005; Sarason & Sarason, 2009). Furthermore, social support from both the heritage and host cultures are associated with optimal development for Latin@s (Finch & Vega, 2003; Jasinskaja-Lahti et al., 2006). Discrimination, however, can directly affect both well-being and stress (Crockett et al., 2007). To date, the connections between these constructs have been examined generally, but the specific mechanisms throughout which this process occurs have not been fully explored. The present study will investigate the connection between social support, discrimination, well-being, and stress for individuals who endorse a bicultural acculturation strategy. More specifically, it will examine how certain types of support from identified cultural sources influence the positive outcomes that are often associated with the social support literature. A sample of 161 bicultural Mexican-American college students participated in the present study. Results indicated that Mexican/Mexican-American peer emotional and appraisal support had important positive implications for subjective well-being. Mexican/Mexican-American peer emotional support actually moderated the negative effects of discrimination on subjective well-being. European American peer informational support negatively impacted subjective well-being. Understanding how culture influences the connection between social support, well-being, and stress is important for informing prevention programs that can support academic and psychological success. Future directions and implications for bicultural college students are discussed.
Book Synopsis Grundforschendes Gespräch zweier Personen über die formulam concordiae, pietismum, chiliasmum ... by :
Download or read book Grundforschendes Gespräch zweier Personen über die formulam concordiae, pietismum, chiliasmum ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1695 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effects of Acculturation on the Mental and Physical Health of Aging Latino and Asian Immigrants by : James Ruoro Muruthi
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.
Book Synopsis Relationship Between Acculturation and Low Birth Weight Among Mexican American Women by : Iván Alexandre De la Rosa
Download or read book Relationship Between Acculturation and Low Birth Weight Among Mexican American Women written by Iván Alexandre De la Rosa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Do Latino Social Nets Work? by : Lourdes A. Baezconde-Garbanati
Download or read book Do Latino Social Nets Work? written by Lourdes A. Baezconde-Garbanati and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Immigration, Acculturation, and Health by : Jill S. Reichman
Download or read book Immigration, Acculturation, and Health written by Jill S. Reichman and published by LFB Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Reichman s debunks the myth of the cognitive and behavioral intransigence of first generation Mexican immigrants. Focusing on health care, she reveals the flexibility of female immigrants beliefs about health and illness. She demonstrates how the rate of acculturation varies with the complaint: those with chronic disease shift health ideology faster than those sick from sub-acute illnesses. Ultimately, all sojourners learn new ways to care for themselves and redefine how they prevent and treat disease. Reichman s most important discovery is that the majority of changes occur within ten years, regardless of the age at which immigration takes place, the type of sending community, the level of education, or the English language fluency of the migrant.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Cultural Orientation Change on Metabolic Health in a Sample of Mexican Immigrants to the United States by : Jillian L. Walker
Download or read book The Effects of Cultural Orientation Change on Metabolic Health in a Sample of Mexican Immigrants to the United States written by Jillian L. Walker and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies have identified metabolic health factors to be a major concern in Mexican-Americans, including Mexican immigrants to the United States (U.S.). Acculturation stress has been hypothesized to be a factor in the development of many health-related concerns in this population. Specifically, previous studies have shown that acculturation stress contributes to health concerns, including metabolic health concerns (e.g., diabetes, metabolic syndrome). The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between cultural orientation, a measure of acculturation designed to provide more information than traditional acculturation measures, and metabolic health outcomes. Specific acculturation-related stressors (social support, job-related stress, and depression) were hypothesized mediators in this relationship among a convenience sample of 98 foreign-born Mexicans living in Utah County, Utah controlling for age, gender, socio-economic status (SES), and years in the U.S. Data were collected twice with a three year interval to examine change over time. Changes in these constructs were examined through the use of Growth Modeling with Bayesian estimation. The Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican-Americans (ARSMA-II) was used to measure Anglo Cultural Orientation and Mexican Cultural Orientation. Standard blood analyses were used to measure metabolic health outcomes, which included glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), insulin, and glucose. The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL-12) was used to measure social support, the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) was used to measure job-related stress, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) was used to measure depression. No change was identified in Anglo Cultural Orientation or Mexican Cultural Orientation over time in the majority of subjects. A positive relationship between Anglo Cultural Orientation and HbA1c was found, as was a negative relationship between Mexican Cultural Orientation and HbA1c. Mediation analyses showed a mediation effect of depression on the relationship between Anglo Cultural Orientation and glucose. Implications of findings, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Book Synopsis Social Work Practice with Latinos by : Rich Furman
Download or read book Social Work Practice with Latinos written by Rich Furman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latinos are now the largest ethnic minority population in the United States and still they encounter a great deal of misunderstanding, prejudice, and discrimination. Utilizing a strengths-based perspective, Social Work Practice with Latinos addresses the unique needs of this diverse population. Written by practitioners and scholars from many disciplines, this book discusses social issues of consequence to Latinos and specific strengths and risk factors of the Latino community. They then offer methods that utilize these strengths to ensure a culturally-competent approach to practice with Latino populations. Each chapter is accompanied by key questions for personal and group reflection to facilitate discussion and understanding of these vital themes. The editors have nearly three decades of combined experience working with Latino populations inside and outside the United States. Drawing on this experience, they integrate these varied perspectives to prepare students and practitioners for practice with this richly diverse community.
Book Synopsis Psychological Distress and Its Relationship to Acculturation Among Mexican Americans by : Luis Ernesto Arevalo
Download or read book Psychological Distress and Its Relationship to Acculturation Among Mexican Americans written by Luis Ernesto Arevalo and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Coming to America by : Michelle Harris-Reid
Download or read book Coming to America written by Michelle Harris-Reid and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Maternal and Infant Health of the Mexican-origin Population in the United States by : Miguel Ceballos (researcher in sociology.)
Download or read book Maternal and Infant Health of the Mexican-origin Population in the United States written by Miguel Ceballos (researcher in sociology.) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Ecological Model of Mexican Immigration and Mental Health by : Margaret Trummer
Download or read book An Ecological Model of Mexican Immigration and Mental Health written by Margaret Trummer and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature on the relationship between cultural factors and mental health outcomes for immigrant groups has been extensive (e.g., Berry, 1976; 1997; 2004; Sam & Berry, 2006). The complex nature of interacting factors in the immigration and migration processes, however, have just begun to be explored within a broader ecological framework (Acevedo Garcia et al., 2012; Coatsworth, Maldonado-Molina, Pantin, & Szzapocznik, 2005). In light of this, scholars have called for ecological models that incorporate mental health related factors (Coatsworth et al., 2005; Glick, 2010; Yakushko, Watson, & Thompson, 2008). This study explored sociocultural influences as well as engagement with macro systems influencing mental health symptoms. An ecological framework was used to examine the relations among immigration status vulnerability, deportation fear, U.S. acculturation, active coping, social justice advocacy, and mental health symptoms of 214 Mexican and Mexican American adults in the United States. The results showed deportation fear mediated the relationship between immigration status vulnerability and anxiety and depression, such that the more fearful individuals are for deportation, the more mental health problems they will experience. The data did not support the hypothesis that endorsement of U.S. acculturation moderates the relationship between immigration status vulnerability and deportation fear, or that social justice advocacy moderates the relationship between deportation fear and mental health symptoms of depression and anxiety. These results support assessing the influence of immigration status vulnerability and deportation fears related to mental health in research with immigrant groups (Massey & Bartley, 2005; Sullivan & Remh, 2005). Findings indicate the importance of understanding the distal system mechanism(s) by which mental health symptomatology may occur. In practice, results of this study point to holistic assessment of distal variables that may have proximal impacts on symptoms of depression and anxiety for Mexican Americans (Bronfenbrenner, 2005). Limitations of this research study and for understanding cultural influences on mental health for Mexicans and Mexican Americans are discussed.
Book Synopsis The Role of Social Support on Acculturation Stress and Allostatic Load Among First- and Second-generation Immigrant College Students by : Lisa Garsman
Download or read book The Role of Social Support on Acculturation Stress and Allostatic Load Among First- and Second-generation Immigrant College Students written by Lisa Garsman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the relationship between acculturation stress and allostatic load, and the effect of social support on this relationship among first- and second-generation immigrant college students. Rationale: Research suggests acculturation stress may be a contributing factor to chronic health problems such as obesity, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Numerous studies have explored the effects of general stress on mental and physical health, but less is known about the cumulative effect of acculturative stress on the body's physiologic processes, referred to as allostatic load. Previous studies have indicated that factors such as cumulative exposure to chronic stress, age of arrival, and time living in the United States all contribute to higher levels of allostatic load in new immigrants. There is strong evidence of the stress-buffering effects of social support specifically regarding acculturative stress. However, to date little is known about the effects of social support on acculturative stress and allostatic load. Methods: A sample of 73 first- and second-generation immigrant undergraduate college students were recruited from Saint Peter's University, an ethnically diverse college in Jersey City. Independent variables were measures of acculturative stress, level of acculturation, perceived social support, and perceived general stress. Blood biomarkers were collected and analyzed to calculate a composite score index as a measure of allostatic load as the dependent variable. Results: Acculturation stress was lower among individuals who indicated their level of acculturation as being either assimilation or integration. Although the results of the regression with acculturative stress as the predictor of total allostatic load was not significant, acculturative stress significantly predicted systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Friends' social support and acculturative stress did significantly predict allostatic load, with higher levels of social support decreasing allostatic load. Conclusions: There is increasing evidence that immigrant students who are marginalized may experience higher levels of acculturative stress compared to those who are more integrated. The results of this study add to previous findings that higher social support is associated with lower allostatic load. Future research using longitudinal designs is necessary to examine health behaviors relating to immigration and their influence on allostatic load.
Book Synopsis Examining an Epidemiologic Paradox by : Kim Gwendolyn Harley
Download or read book Examining an Epidemiologic Paradox written by Kim Gwendolyn Harley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
