ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2014
The immigrant paradox: immigrants are less antisocial than native-born Americans.
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- Meta-Analysis of Acculturation and Suicide-Related Outcomes: A Test of the Immigrant Paradox.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Pooled it
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- Preliminary Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Factors among Native and Foreign-Born Hispanic/Latine Adults Residing in South Florida, U.S.A.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The impact of cultural stress and gender norms on alcohol use severity among Latino immigrant men.Ethnicity & health · 2022Article
- Proximity to the U.S./Mexico border, alcohol outlet density and population-based sociodemographic correlates of spatially aggregated violent crimes in California.Annals of epidemiology · 2021Article
- Immigration, Criminal Involvement, and Violence in the U.S.: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III.Deviant behavior · 2021Article
- Immigrant Disparities in Suicide Ideation: Variation Across Age of Migration, Gender, and Nativity.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Migrant adolescents' behavioral problems compared to host adolescents and adolescents in their region of origin: a longitudinal study.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Disconcerting levels of alcohol use among Venezuelan immigrant adolescents in the United States.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- Relevance of the "Immigrant Health Paradox" for the Health of Arab Americans in California.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Trends in cannabis use among immigrants in the United States, 2002-2017: Evidence from two national surveys.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Immigrant Youth Have Significantly Lower Rates of Externalizing Behavior than Native-Born Americans: Differences by Region of Birth.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Article
- Immigrants and mental disorders in the united states: New evidence on the healthy migrant hypothesis.Psychiatry research · 2018Article
- Immigrants from Mexico experience serious behavioral and psychiatric problems at far lower rates than US-born Americans.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2017Article
- Offending Behavior, Drug Use, and Mental Health Among Foreign-Born versus U.S. Born Latino Criminal Justice Clients.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2017Article
- Risk of firearm injuries among children and youth of immigrant families.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2017Article
- An "immigrant paradox" for adolescent externalizing behavior? Evidence from a national sample.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2016Article
- Drug use and service utilization among Hispanics in the United States.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2015Article
- GROUP DIFFERENCES IN DELINQUENCY: WHAT IS THERE TO EXPLAIN?Race and justice · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeAlthough recent research on crime and violence among immigrants suggests a paradox--where immigrants are more socially disadvantaged yet less likely to commit crime--previous research is limited by issues of generalizability and assessment of the full depth of antisocial behavior.
methodsWe surmount these limitations using data from waves I and II of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) and compare immigrants (N = 7,320) from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America to native-born Americans (N = 34,622) with respect to violent and nonviolent forms of antisocial behavior.
resultsAfter controlling for an extensive array of confounds, results indicate that immigrants are significantly less antisocial despite being more likely to have lower levels of income, less education, and reside in urban areas. These findings hold for immigrants from major regions of the world including Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
conclusionsThis study confirms and extends prior research on crime and antisocial behavior, but suggests that it is premature however to think of immigrants as a policy intervention for treating high crime areas.
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