ArticleThe International journal of social psychiatry2015
Prediction of adaptation difficulties by country of origin, cumulate psychosocial stressors and attitude toward integrating: a Swedish study of first-generation immigrants from Somalia, Vietnam and China.
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- A Multinational Comparison Study of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Anxiety, Depression, and Anger Item Bank in the General Population.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2025Article
- Tracking perceived stress, anxiety, and depression in daily life: a double-downward spiral process.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Mental Health Determinants Among a Psychiatric Outpatient Sample of Vietnamese Migrants in Germany.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDifferent types of accumulated stress have been found to have negative consequences for immigrants' capacity to adapt to the new environment. It remains unclear which factors have the greatest influence.
aimsThe study investigated whether immigrants' experience of great difficulty in adapting to a new country could best be explained by (1) country of origin, (2) exposure to accumulated stressors before arrival or (3) after arrival in the new country and/or (4) reserved attitude toward integrating into the new society.
methodsThe 119 first-generation immigrants from Somalia, Vietnam and China, living in Malmö, Sweden, were interviewed in a standardized manner.
resultsExperiencing great difficulty in adapting to Sweden was independent of length of residence, but significantly related to all four influences, studied one at a time. Country of origin was also related to stressors and attitude. When the effects of the other influences were mutually controlled for, only exposure to accumulated stressors in Sweden (and especially experiencing discrimination/xenophobia/racism) accounted for great adaptation difficulty. Stressors in Sweden had a greater effect if the immigrant had been exposed to stressors earlier.
conclusionsImmigrants' long-term experiences of great difficulty in adapting to a new country were explained primarily by exposure to accumulated stressors while moving to and living in the new country, rather than by their backgrounds or attitudes toward integrating. This suggests promoting strategies to avoid discrimination and other stressors in the host country.
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