Spurlock, Elizabeth J Pickler, Rita H Ruiz, R Jeanne Ford, Jodi Gillespie, Shannon Kue, Jennifer
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Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Introduction: There is evidence that Mexican Americans are more likely to have cesarean birth than non-Hispanic White Americans. The purpose of this study was to identify factors related to acculturation along with psychological and sociodemographic factors associated with birth mode in a prospective cohort of Mexican American women in Texas. Metho...
Makarova, Elena Lilla, Nanine Wolfgramm, Christine Birman, Dina
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Frontiers in Psychology
Conde, Samantha Elor, Aviv Mateas, Michael Kurniawan, Sri
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Frontiers in Education
Acculturative stress disproportionately impacts first-generation Latine-Americans, leading to significant mental health risks stemming from intergenerational cultural norms around gender identity and sexuality. Facilitating communication is critical in reducing this stress, yet it can be challenging for Latine individuals to take the first step in ...
Hadding, Cecilia Semb, Olof Lehti, Arja Fahlström, Martin Sandlund, Mikael DeMarinis, Valerie
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
Objective To explore the experiences of acculturation into secular Swedish society of former members of cults, with particular focus on mental health, needs and resources. Design Qualitative method using the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) from the DSM-5 as an interview guide. Analysis of participants’ experiences of acculturation through syst...
Buttiler, Maria Belen Zhou, Qing Uchikoshi, Yuuko
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Frontiers in Psychology
Migration is a complex process associated with a range of social, economic, and political reasons. In the U.S., almost one-quarter of the total population of parents are immigrant parents of children ages 0–10. Immigrant parents transmit values from their culture of origin as well as their language to their children. Additionally, they may undergo ...
Zhu, Tingting Martina, Diah Heide, Agnes van der Korfage, Ida J Rietjens, Judith Ac
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Palliative medicine
Acculturation is the process of two different cultures coming into contact. It is unclear how acculturation influences Chinese immigrants' engagement in advance care planning due to the complexity and multifaceted nature of both acculturation and advance care planning. To synthesize evidence regarding the role of Chinese immigrants' acculturation i...
Hofhuis, Joep van Egmond, Marieke C. Lutz, Franziska E. von Reventlow, Karin Rohmann, Anette
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Frontiers in Communication
Introduction A growing body of literature focuses on the impact of social media on well-being of international students. What remains understudied, is how these effects may be explained through acculturation and adaptation processes. This paper examines the mediating roles of acculturation dimensions (cultural maintenance and host country participa...
Lilla, Nanine
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Frontiers in Education
Acculturation has been shown to be relevant to immigrant students' school adjustment and academic achievement. However, there are methodological constraints to the literature, and only little is known about immigrant students' acculturation patterns as such and their distribution across different demographic groups in Germany. Conceptualizing accul...
Jasemi, Ali Gottardo, Alexandra
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Frontiers in Communication
Refugees and immigrants differ in their reasons for migration and their criteria for entry into Canada. While economic immigrants migrate to other countries voluntarily, refugees are forced to leave their countries due to fear of death or persecution. Due to the difference in the nature of resettlement, assumptions exist that immigrants and refugee...
Do, Duy Schnittker, Jason
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Ethnicity & health
This study explores the role of pharmaceuticals with depression or suicidality as a side-effect in explaining the immigrant depression paradox. Immigrants generally report less depression than their native-born peers, despite the socio environments that are less conducive to well-being. This immigrant advantage in mental health tends to recede with...
