We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
A Comparative and Exploratory Analysis of Socio-cultural Factors and Immigrant Women's Mental Health within a Canadian Context.
- Authors
Alvi, Shahid; Zaidi, Arshia; Ammar, Nawal; Culbert, Lisa
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of macro-level factors on immigrant and non-immigrant women's mental health status in a Canadian context. This study was part of a larger study examining women's quality of life in south eastern Ontario. Using survey research methods, data were collected through face-to-face interviews with 91 women of whom 66 identified their country of origin as 'other' than Canada. Descriptive, bivariate and regression analysis of this data revealed that immigrant and non-immigrant women's macro-level predictors of mental health status vary. Overall, for immigrant women's perceptions of neighbourhood social cohesion was a stronger predictor influencing mental health status, while for non-immigrant women social support was more influential. Research with larger, representative samples should explore the findings to ascertain generalizability.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; COMPETENCY assessment (Law); CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; STATISTICAL correlation; EXPERIMENTAL design; FACTOR analysis; PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-evaluation; SOCIAL networks; STATISTICS; CULTURAL values; SECONDARY analysis; SOCIAL support; INTIMATE partner violence; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2012, Vol 14, Issue 3, p420
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-011-9567-1