Adult attachment, stress-coping, and resilience in first-generation immigrants in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 030802262110229
Author(s):  
Chiao-Ju Fang ◽  
Nenette Tong ◽  
Rosely J Villa ◽  
Ana M Flores ◽  
Elaine Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Annual Household Income ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
First Generation Immigrants

Introduction Previous studies have shown correlations between adult attachment, stress-coping, and resilience, but little is known about how attachment and stress-coping affect resilience, particularly among first-generation immigrants. This study explored relationships among adult attachment, stress-coping, and resilience for first-generation immigrants. Method A quantitative cross-sectional design was used to assess associations between adult attachment and stress-coping with resilience among first-generation immigrants. Thirty-five participants answered an online Qualtrics survey. A simple linear regression analysis was conducted to analyze the results. Results The results indicated statistically significant correlations between avoidance scores and annual household income but not between resilience and education, resilience and income, and stress-coping scores and education and income. Positive reinterpretation growth was positively correlated with resilience, while denial and behavioral disengagement were negatively correlated. Adult attachment and number of years in the United States were not significantly statistically related to resilience. Conclusion The findings indicate high income may be associated with attachment avoidance, and increases in positive coping strategies and decreases in negative coping strategies are associated with resilience among first-generation immigrants. Understanding influences on first-generation immigrants to engage in stress-coping skills may inform the development and implementation of occupational therapy, including programs and interventions for successful client-centered outcomes.

scholarly journals Loneliness in the United States: A 2018 National Panel Survey of Demographic, Structural, Cognitive, and Behavioral Characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 1123-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liana DesHarnais Bruce ◽  
Joshua S. Wu ◽  
Stuart L. Lustig ◽  
Daniel W. Russell ◽  
Douglas A. Nemecek
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Behavior Intervention

Purpose: To inform health behavior intervention design, we sought to quantify loneliness and its correlates, including social media use, among adults in the United States. Design: Cross-sectional research panel questionnaire. Setting: Responses were gathered from individuals in all 50 states surveyed via Internet from February 2018 to March 2018. Participants: A total of 20 096 US panel respondents aged 18+. Measures: The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale (theoretical score range = 20-80) was administered along with demographic, structural, cognitive, and behavioral items. Analysis: After calibrating the sample to population norms, we conducted multivariable linear regression analysis. Results: The overall mean survey-weighted loneliness score was 44.03 (standard error = 0.09). Social support (standardized β [sβ] = −0.19) and meaningful daily interactions (sβ = −0.14) had the strongest associations with lower loneliness, along with reporting good relationships, family life, physical and mental health, friendships, greater age, being in a couple, and balancing one’s daily time. Social anxiety was most strongly associated with greater loneliness (sβ = +0.20), followed by self-reported social media overuse (sβ = +0.05) and daily use of text-based social media (sβ = +0.03). Conclusion: Our findings confirm that loneliness decreases with age, and that being in a relationship as well as everyday behavioral factors in people’s control are most strongly related to loneliness. Population health promotion efforts to reduce loneliness should focus on improving social support, decreasing social anxiety, and promoting healthy daily behaviors.

The Immigrant Family: Cultural Legacies and Cultural Changes

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 961-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Foner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
First Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Family ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
Cultural Legacies ◽  
The Way

This article examines the way family and kinship patterns change in the process of immigration — and why. Offering an interpretative synthesis, it emphasizes the way first generation immigrants to the United States fuse together the old and new to create a new kind of family life. The family is seen as a place where there is a dynamic interplay between structure, culture, and agency. New immigrant family patterns are shaped by cultural meanings and social practices immigrants bring with them from their home countries as well as social, economic and cultural forces in the United States.

Serving Multicultural Elders: Recommendations for Helping Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary N. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Old Age ◽  
First Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Helping Professionals ◽  
American Population ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Demographic Patterns

As demographic patterns shift in the United States, helping professionals are likely to see more clients of color, including those who are first-generation immigrants. Additionally, given the aging of the American population, helping professionals are likely to encounter more elderly clients and their families. It is crucial that helping professionals be prepared to respond to elders from various cultural populations in effective and respectful ways. This article gives an overview of how old age may interact with cultural identity. This information can be useful for professionals in many different settings working with elders from various cultural backgrounds.

Stressors and Barriers to Using Mental Health Services Among Diverse Groups of First-Generation Immigrants to the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fay Saechao ◽  
Sally Sharrock ◽  
Daryn Reicherter ◽  
James D. Livingston ◽  
Alexandra Aylward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
First Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Diverse Groups

Tempered Dreams

Affilia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-373
Author(s):  
Ashley-Marie V. Hanna ◽  
Debora Ortega
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Mexican Immigrants ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mexican Origin ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Constant Comparative Method

This research study explores the experience of first-generation immigrants of Mexican origin living in Denver, CO. Seven Mexican immigrants described their experiences through an in-depth interview process. The data were analyzed using a constant comparative method. The process described by the participants reflects ambivalence about living in the United States. This ambivalence stems from a conflict between their beliefs that the United States is the land of opportunity and their experiences of being unable to access opportunities because of their identity as immigrants—regardless of immigration status.

Mediating Identity and Culture

2011 ◽  
pp. 273-293
Author(s):  
Adedayo Ladigbolu Abah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
First Generation ◽  
African Immigrants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fort Worth ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Categorization Theory ◽  
The Media

Using the media accessibility function from self-categorization theory, this study examines the role of the Nigerian video film in mediating the twin issues of culture and identity among African immigrants in the United States. Africans in diaspora constitute the majority of the transnational audience for Nigerian video films outside of Africa. Using a combined method of surveying and personal interviews, several African immigrants, their children, and friends living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas, USA were interviewed for their views on the role of the nascent Nigerian video industry in the way they sustain and straddle their multiple identities and culture in their society of settlement. Results indicate that most of the immigrants view the videos as affirmation of the values they grew up with and with which they still identify. This is in direct contradiction of professed cultural denigration they feel in their everyday professional lives in the United States. Most of the younger immigrants and first generation immigrants view these videos as a convenient way of accessing their Africanness as part of their multi-stranded identity and culture. Based on the expressed motivations for use and expressed outcome of use of the video-film, results indicate that the use of the video-film may have contributed to the accessibility of the African in diaspora label as a social category for this group of immigrants.

Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police: An Examination of Generational and Ethnic Differences in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-174
Author(s):  
Sungil Han ◽  
Ha-Neul Yim ◽  
Richard Hernandez ◽  
Jon Maskály
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
World Value Survey ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Second Generation Immigrants ◽  
The Impact

As the number of immigrants in the United States grows, the importance of their confidence in the police cannot be understated. This article simultaneously examines the impact of both generational and ethnic differences among immigrants on their confidence in the police. Using a sample of U.S. residents from the World Value Survey (Wave 6, N = 2,232), the results suggest that first-generation immigrants have less confidence in the police than both nonimmigrants and second-generation immigrants. The results also suggest a generational and ethnic effect with second-generation immigrants of Hispanic/Latino origin reporting a lower level of confidence in the police than other ethnic immigrant groups. The importance of these findings is discussed in light of both scholarly and policy implications.

Immigration Status, Visa Types, and Body Weight Among New Immigrants in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chin Yeh ◽  
Nina S. Parikh ◽  
Alison E. Megliola ◽  
Elizabeth A. Kelvin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigration Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Multivariable Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Permanent Residency

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between immigration-related factors and body mass index (BMI) among immigrants. Design: Secondary analyses of cross-sectional survey data. Setting: The New Immigrant Survey (NIS-2003) contains data from in-person or telephone interviews between May and November 2003, with a probability sample of immigrants granted legal permanent residency in the United States. Participants: A total of 8573 US immigrants. Measures: The NIS-2003 provided data on sociobehavioral domains, including migration history, education, employment, marital history, language, and health-related behaviors. The visa classifications are as follows: (1) family reunification, (2) employment, (3) diversity, (4) refugee, and (5) legalization. Analysis: Nested multivariable linear regression analysis was used to estimate the independent relationships between BMI and the variables of interest. Results: Overall, 32.6% of participants were overweight and 11.3% were obese (mean BMI = 25). Participants who were admitted to the United States with employment, refugee, or legalization visas compared with those who came with family reunion visas had a significantly higher BMI ( P < .001, P < .001, P < .01, respectively). Duration in the United States predicted BMI, with those immigrants in the United States longer having a higher BMI ( P < .001). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that immigrants who obtain particular visa categorizations and immigration status might have a higher risk of being overweight or obese. Immigrants need to be targeted along with the rest of the US population for weight management interventions.

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