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Tsuchiya K, Bacong AM, de Castro AB, Gee GC. Visa type and financial strain on depressive symptoms among Filipino migrants to the United States. J Migr Health 2023; 7:100155. [PMID: 36755688 PMCID: PMC9900610 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Migrants have been theorized to be healthier than their non-migrant counterparts; however, there is limited examination of health selection using binational data and how selection occurs, particularly for mental health outcomes. This study examines the role of visa status and financial strain as critical factors for mental health selection among Filipino migrants to the U.S. and non-migrants who remain in the Philippines. We used the baseline data from the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES; n = 1631) to compare depressive symptoms between non-migrants and migrants who were both surveyed prior to their departure to the U.S. We assessed depressive symptoms using linear regression by migration status, financial strain, and by visa categories including fiancée/marriage, unlimited family reunification, limited family reunification, and employment. Overall, all migrants reported lower depressive symptoms than non-migrants; however, depressive symptoms varied by visa type. Fiancée/marriage migrants had lower depressive symptoms than compared to limited family reunification migrants. Additionally, those who reported financial strain had higher depressive symptoms than those without any financial strain. We find that migrants were positively selected for mental health using a unique sample of Filipino migrants before they left for the U.S.
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- Kazumi Tsuchiya
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, United States
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- Center for Asian Health Research and Education, Stanford University, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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- School of Nursing, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, 650 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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Chen IH, Niu SF, Yeh YC, Chen IJ, Kuo SF. Psychological distress among immigrant women who divorced: Resilience as a mediator. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2022; 39:1-6. [PMID: 35688538 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2021.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships among the demands of immigration, resilience, and psychological distress in divorced immigrant women, and determine the mediating effects of resilience on the relationship between demands of immigration and psychological distress. DESIGN The cross-sectional study included 117 women who had immigrated and married Taiwanese men but later got divorced. METHODS The Chinese health questionnaire-12 scale, the resilience scale-Chinese version, and the demands of immigration (DI) scale were used to measure in this study. A multiple regression and Sobel test were used to examine whether resilience mediated the relationship between demands of immigration and psychological distress. FINDINGS In this study, 47% of the divorced immigrant women were experiencing psychological distress, and 25.6% exhibited high levels of demands of immigration. Women with psychological distress had higher demand scores (t = 2.592, p = 0.011) and lower resilience scores (t = -3.965, p < 0.001) compared to women without psychological distress. The demands of immigration negatively predicted resilience (t = -3.050, p = 0.003). Finally, resilience mediated the association of demands of immigration with psychological distress (z = 2.497, p = 0.0125). CONCLUSIONS Relationships among the demands of immigration, resilience, and psychological distress in divorced immigrant women were demonstrated in this study. Resilience played an important role in the relationship between demands of immigration and psychological distress. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Tailored programs that foster resilience to reduce risks of demands of immigration and psychological distress in this vulnerable population should be developed.
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- I-Hui Chen
- School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
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- Department of Nursing, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, 95 Wen Chang Road, Taipei 11101, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510 Zhong-Zheng Road, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan.
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- Department of Nursing, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, 193, Sec. 1, San-Min Road, Taichung City 40343, Taiwan.
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- Physical Education Office & Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, 500 Lioufeng Rd., Wufeng Dist., Taichung City 41354, Taiwan.
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- School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
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Kroenke CH, Alexeeff S, Kushi LH, Kwan ML, Matthews KA. Clustering of Social and Physical Pain Variables and Their Association With Mortality in Two Population-Based Cohorts. Psychosom Med 2021; 83:228-238. [PMID: 33793454 PMCID: PMC8023720 DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Social pain and physical pain are related bidirectionally, but how these variables cluster in the population is unknown. METHODS This study included 2833 women from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a community-based cohort of middle-aged women, and 3972 women from the Pathways Study, a population-based cohort of women diagnosed with American Joint Committee on Cancer stages I-IV breast cancer diagnosed between 2005 and 2013. Women provided data on measures related to social pain (social network size, social support, loneliness, social well-being) and physical pain (sensitivity to pain, bodily pain) at study baseline. Analyzing each cohort separately, we used latent class analysis to evaluate social-physical pain clusters, logistic regression to evaluate predictors of categorization into clusters, and Cox proportional hazards models to evaluate associations of clusters with all-cause mortality. We also performed a meta-analysis to combine cohort mortality associations. RESULTS Each cluster analysis produced a "low social-physical pain" cluster (SWAN, 48.6%; Pathways, 35.2%) characterized by low social and pain symptoms, a "high social-physical pain" cluster (SWAN, 17.9%; Pathways, 17.9%) characterized by high symptoms, and a "low social/high physical pain" cluster of women with high pain and compromised social functioning but otherwise low social symptoms (SWAN, 33.5%; Pathways, 46.9%). In meta-analysis, categorization into the high social-physical pain cluster was associated with elevated mortality (adjusted hazard ratio = 1.34, 95% confidence interval = 1.05-1.71, Q statistic = 0.782), compared with those in the low social-physical pain cluster. CONCLUSIONS In two cohorts of women, latent class analysis produced similar sets of social-physical pain clusters, with the same proportion having both high social and pain symptoms; women in this cluster had elevated mortality.
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- Candyce H Kroenke
- From the Division of Research (Kroenke, Alexeeff, Kushi, Kwan), Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California; and University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry (Matthews), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Connor JB, Janusek LW. A Biopsychosocial Framework to Examine Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Asian Pacific Islander Immigrants. Res Theory Nurs Pract 2021; 35:82-96. [PMID: 33632924 DOI: 10.1891/rtnp-d-19-00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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There is large disparity in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) for Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs), one of the fastest growing minority populations in the United States. It is critical to examine biopsychosocial pathways and vulnerability factors that intensify risk for T2D in API. Increasing evidence links chronic stress to poor health outcomes and accelerated development and progression of diseases of aging, such as diabetes. Immigrant populations face unique life stressors, including the challenges associated with the process of adapting to a new environment, new language, and cultural differences. In addition, immigrants experience high levels of psychological distress related to changes of identity and values, loss of support, discrimination, and disempowerment. The purpose of this article is to propose a biopsychosocial framework to explicate potential mechanistic pathways that link cumulative life stress to risk for T2D in the API immigrant population. Unique to the proposed framework is the emphasis on inflammatory processes and accelerated cellular aging (telomere biology). A deeper understanding of biopsychosocial pathways can lead to tailored and targeted interventions to reduce the incidence of T2D in the API immigrant population.
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- Jorgia B Connor
- Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
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- Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
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Unemployment and Psychological Distress among Young People during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Resources and Risk Factors. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17197163. [PMID: 33007892 PMCID: PMC7579061 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17197163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In the wake of COVID-19, unemployment and its potential deleterious consequences have attracted renewed interest. We examined (1) the association between unemployment, occurring upon the coronavirus outbreak, and psychological distress among Israeli young people (20–35-years-old); (2) the associations between various psychological resources/risk factors and psychological distress; and (3) whether these resources and risk factors were moderators in the unemployment-psychological distress link. A real-time survey based on snowball sampling was conducted during the month of April 2020 (N = 390). We employed hierarchical linear models to explore associations between unemployment, psychological resources, risk factors, and psychological distress. Unemployment was independently associated with greater psychological distress. Perceived trust, optimism, and sense of mastery decreased psychological distress, whereas financial strain and loneliness during the crisis increased this distress. The effect of unemployment on psychological distress did not depend on participants’ resource and risk factor levels. Policymakers must develop and extend health initiatives aimed at alleviating the mental health consequences of COVID-19-related unemployment and promote labor market interventions to help young job seekers integrate into employment. These measures, which are in line with the UN sustainable development goals, should be seen as an important route to promote public health.
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Davison KM, Lung Y, Lin SL, Tong H, Kobayashi KM, Fuller-Thomson E. Psychological distress in older adults linked to immigrant status, dietary intake, and physical health conditions in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). J Affect Disord 2020; 265:526-537. [PMID: 32090781 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Psychological distress increases mortality risk; there is little knowledge about its prevelance and contributory factors in older populations. METHODS Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging baseline data (2010-2015) were analyzed to examine the relationship between Kessler's Psychological Distress Scale-K10 and immigrant status (recent/mid-term,<20 years; long-term, ≥20 years; Canadian-born). Covariates included socioeconomic and health-related variables. Stratified by sex, two series of multinomial logistic regression were used to calculate the likelihood of having mild distress (20 < K10 score ≤24) and moderate/severe distress (K10 score >24). RESULTS Respondents (n = 25,700) were mainly Canadian-born (82.8%), 45-65 years (59.3%), earning <C$100,000/year (58.2%), and had a post-secondary education (78.4%). For women, psychological distress was associated with being a recent/mid-term immigrant(OR=1.76, 99% CI 1.09-2.83), marital status (widowed/divorced/separated, OR=1.62, 99% CI 1.19-2.20), lower education level (<secondary school; OR = 1.95, 99% CI 1.32-2.88), lower intake of fruit and vegetable (≤ 2/day; OR=1.50, 99% CI 1.05-2.14), higher waist-to-height ratio (>cut-off; OR=1.32, 99% CI 1.02-1.70), and higher nutritional risk (ORs = 2.16-3.31, p's <0.001). For men, psychological distress was associated with under-nutrition (grip strength<cut-off, OR=1.57, 99% CI 1.14-2.16). For men and women, psychological distress was associated with age (>56 years, ORs=0.19-0.79, p's<0.01), lower income (≤C$149,000, ORs = 1.68-7.79, p's<0.01), multi-morbidities (ORs = 1.67-4.70, p's<0.01), chronic pain (ORs = 1.67-3.09, p's<0.001) and higher intake of chocolate (≥ 0.6 bar/week, ORs=1.61-2.23, p's<0.001). LIMITATIONS Cross-sectional design prohibits causal inferences. CONCLUSIONS Nutritional factors, immigration status, social, and health-related problems are strongly associated with psychological distress among midlife and older adults.
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- Karen M Davison
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada; University of Hawai'i, USA.
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- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work & Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V4, Canada.
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- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work & Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V4, Canada.
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- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work & Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V4, Canada; Department of Family & Community Medicine and Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Davison KM, Gondara L. A Comparison of Mental Health, Food Insecurity, and Diet Quality Indicators between Foreign-Born Immigrants of Canada and Native-Born Canadians. JOURNAL OF HUNGER & ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2019.1672601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Karen M. Davison
- School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Biology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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Gee GC, Morey BN, Walsemann KM, Ro A, Takeuchi DT. Citizenship as Privilege and Social Identity: Implications for Psychological Distress. THE AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST 2016; 60:680-704. [PMID: 37850037 PMCID: PMC10580256 DOI: 10.1177/0002764216632834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Citizenship is both a system of privilege and a source of social identity. This study examines whether there are disparities in psychological distress between citizens and noncitizens, and whether these disparities may be explained by markers of social disadvantage (e.g., poverty, discrimination) or perceptions of success in the United States (i.e., subjective social status). We analyze data from the Asian subsample (n = 2,095) of the National Latino and Asian American Study. The data show that noncitizens report greater psychological distress compared with naturalized citizens and native-born citizens after accounting for sociodemographics (e.g., age, gender, Asian subgroup), socioeconomic characteristics (education, employment, income-to-poverty ratio), immigration (e.g., interview language, years in the United States, acculturative stress), health care visits, and everyday discrimination. Preliminary evidence suggests that subjective social status may explain some of the disparities between naturalized citizen and noncitizen Asian Americans.
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- Gilbert C. Gee
- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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