美国公民移民的文化压力经历:一种混合方法方法
María Pineros-Leano1, Maria Fernanda Garcia1, Christopher P Salas-Wright1
1School of Social Work, Boston College.
Journal of counseling psychology
|February 15, 2024
概括
美国大陆的"玛丽亚"风幸存者因文化压力而经历了重大的心理健康挑战. 高水平的文化和语言压力与增加的焦虑和抑郁症状相关.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 灾难心理健康 灾难心理健康
背景情况:
- 2017年"玛丽亚"风登陆后,波多黎各大规模迁移到美国大陆.
- 文化压力理论为理解移民后适应和心理健康提供了一个框架.
- 对于美国"玛丽亚"风幸存者所面临的特定文化压力因素,人们知之甚少.
研究的目的:
- 检查文化压力因素对风玛丽亚幸存者的日常互动和心理健康的影响.
- 在幸存者中识别文化压力经历的不同概况.
- 了解这些个人资料与心理健康结果,特别是抑郁和焦虑症状之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在319名成年幸存者中,采用了一种混合方法的顺序解释设计.
- 隐性概况分析 (LPA) 和多项逻辑回归识别了文化压力概况.
- 半结构面试为每个个人资料中幸存者的生活经历提供了定性见解.
主要成果:
- 确定了四种不同的文化压力概况:中度 (35%),整体低 (29%),高 (26%),和低语言压力 (10%).
- 在中度文化压力,高文化压力和低语言压力档案中幸存者报告的抑郁和焦虑症状明显高于整体低档案组.
- 定性数据说明了各种各样的日常经历,这些经验有助于跨个人资料的心理健康症状.
结论:
- 风创伤和随后的文化压力因素对幸存者的当前心理健康症状有很大影响.
- 临床医生应该评估移民相关的压力因素,如歧视,排斥感和风玛丽亚幸存者的语言障碍.
- 解决文化压力因素对于有效的心理健康干预对于这一群体至关重要.
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