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- Title
Acculturative Stress and Diminishing Family Cohesion Among Recent Latino Immigrants.
- Authors
Dillon, Frank; La Rosa, Mario; Ibañez, Gladys
- Abstract
This study investigates a theorized link between Latino immigrants' experience of acculturative stress during their two initial years in the United States (US) and declines in family cohesion from pre- to post-immigration contexts. This retrospective cohort study included 405 adult participants. Baseline assessment occurred during participants' first 12 months in the US. Follow-up assessment occurred during participants' second year in the US. General linear mixed models were used to estimate change in family cohesion and sociocultural correlates of this change. Inverse associations were determined between acculturative stress during initial years in the US and declines in family cohesion from pre-immigration to post-immigration contexts. Participants with undocumented immigration status, those with lower education levels, and those without family in the US generally indicated lower family cohesion. Participants who experienced more acculturative stress and those without family in the US evidenced a greater decline in family cohesion. Results are promising in terms of implications for health services for recent Latino immigrants.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; ACCULTURATION; CHI-squared test; CONCEPTUAL structures; FAMILIES; HISPANIC Americans; PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants; INTERPERSONAL relations; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SCALES (Weighing instruments); STATISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; DATA analysis; PRE-tests &; post-tests; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; STATISTICAL models; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 3, p484
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-012-9678-3