The Mediating Effect of Hope between Acculturative Stress and Depression of Immigrant Women for Marriage

There is not much evidence on the effects of south–south migration and its consequences on physical and mental health. Our objective was to examine the mediating role of Acculturative Stress in the association between ethnic discrimination and racial discrimination with physical and mental health. This research is a non-experimental, analytical, cross-sectional study. A total of 976 adult Colombian migrants living in Chile were interviewed. We used the Everyday Discrimination Scale, the acculturative stress scale, and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-12) for health status; we found that racial and ethnic discrimination had a negative effect on physical and mental health. In the simultaneous presence of both types of discrimination, racial discrimination was completely absorbed by ethnic discrimination, the latter becoming a total mediator of the effect of racial discrimination on mental and physical health. Our findings are consistent with the literature, which suggests that there are various types of discrimination which, individually or in their intersectionality, can have negative effects on health.

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The Effect of Married Immigrant Women’s Acculturative Stress on Depression: The Mediating Effect of Parenting Efficacy

Korean Academy of Multicultural Welfare ◽

10.51155/kamw.2021.3.2.69 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 69-92

Author(s):

Sujeong Yu ◽

Hyunjoo Song ◽

Dayoon Park ◽

Yeonjae Hwang

Keyword(s):

Acculturative Stress ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Parenting Efficacy

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Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Acculturative Stress

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0361684317719733 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 497-512 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ronni Michelle Greenwood ◽

Maura Adshead ◽

Sarah Jay

Keyword(s):

Acculturative Stress ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Women Of Color ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms ◽

Immigrant Women ◽

Well Being ◽

Immigrant Group ◽

Average Score ◽

Future Research

We examined the relation of two acculturation stressors, exclusion from ordinary privileges and overt discrimination, to two indicators of psychological well-being (i.e., psychiatric symptoms and satisfaction with life) among a diverse sample of immigrant women living in Ireland ( N = 174). We grouped our sample into “visible” immigrant women of color and “nonvisible” White immigrant women. As expected, visible immigrant women reported more experiences of overt discrimination and fewer experiences of ordinary privileges than did nonvisible immigrant women. The associations of belonging to a visible immigrant group with both psychiatric symptoms and satisfaction with life were each mediated through ordinary privileges and overt discrimination. The magnitude of the two indirect effects was equal for psychiatric symptoms, but for satisfaction with life, the indirect effect through ordinary privileges was stronger. After accounting for ordinary privileges and overt discrimination, the average score for satisfaction with life was higher for visible immigrant women than for nonvisible immigrant women. These findings suggest that visible immigrant women experience exclusion from ordinary privileges to a greater extent than nonvisible immigrant women and that this type of exclusion is at least as detrimental to psychological health as more overt forms of discrimination. Our findings demonstrate the importance of attending to discrimination of both visible and nonvisible immigrants and highlight the importance of ordinary privileges to immigrants’ well-being in their countries of destination. We discuss implications for future research and social policy.

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