Acculturative Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Immigrant Elders Residing in Non-Korean Ethnic Enclaves

Rhee, Stephanie

doi:10.1080/15313204.2016.1242101

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“…There is also a strand of predominantly U.S.‐based literature that looks at the impact of ethnic enclaves on a variety of health outcomes (see, e.g., Kane, Teitler, & Reichman, ; Rhee, ). An ethnic enclave is an area with high ethnic population concentrations that brings about a dominant cultural identity and cultural goods‐related economic activity.…”

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Neighbourhood ethnic diversity and mental health in Australia

2019

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We present the first study that empirically examines the effects of neighbourhood ethnic diversity on mental health. Using 16 waves of longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, we find that ethnic diversity is negatively associated with mental health. Our preferred estimates, using lagged ethnic diversity at the state level to instrument for neighbourhood ethnic diversity, suggest that a standard deviation increase in ethnic diversity is associated with a decline of 0.092–0.129 standard deviations in mental health. This result is robust to alternative estimation approaches to addressing endogeneity of ethnic diversity and alternative ways of measuring ethnic diversity and irrespective of whether mental health is measured with the Mental Health Inventory scale or the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). We further find that ethnic diversity influences mental health through the level of neighbourhood trust. Our findings point to the need to develop policies that promote social inclusion in multicultural societies and build trust between heterogeneous ethnic groups as a vehicle to improve mental health.

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Neighbourhood ethnic diversity and mental health in Australia

2019

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“…Mexican immigrant women utilize various coping strategies to manage acculturative stress and enhance their resilience. These strategies include seeking social support, maintaining cultural traditions, developing bicultural skills, and engaging in self-care activities (González-Prendes et al, 2021; Consoli et al, 2013;Ra et al, 2015). By employing these strategies, they navigate the process of acculturation and mitigate the negative effects of stress.…”

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“…Peer support from individuals with similar cultural backgrounds offers validation and empathy (González-Prendes et al, 2021). Professional help, such as psychotherapy or counseling, provides guidance and coping strategies tailored to speci c needs (Ra et al, 2015). Developing bicultural skills, such as language pro ciency and understanding social norms, promotes adaptability in managing acculturative stress (Ra et al, 2015).…”

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“…Professional help, such as psychotherapy or counseling, provides guidance and coping strategies tailored to speci c needs (Ra et al, 2015). Developing bicultural skills, such as language pro ciency and understanding social norms, promotes adaptability in managing acculturative stress (Ra et al, 2015). Engaging in self-care activities, such as exercise, relaxation techniques, and pursuing personal interests, enhances resilience and overall well-being (Consoli et al, 2013).…”

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Cultural Crossroads: How Mexican Immigrant Women Navigate Stress and Adaptation

Bekteshi

2023

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Objective: This study examined acculturative stress among Mexican immigrant women in the U.S. and its impact on their psychological distress, with implications for addressing their mental health needs. Methods: This study employed path analysis to investigate relationships between acculturative stress, psychological distress, and contextual factors among 257 Mexican immigrant women from the National Latino Asian American Survey (NLAAS). Results: The results of this study emphasize the influence of contextual factors on psychological distress and acculturative stress in Mexican immigrant women. Acculturative stress, familismo values, and racial discrimination impacted their psychological distress. Factors such as contentment with decision to move to the U.S., English-language skills, racial discrimination, visiting family abroad, religiosity, and age at immigration influenced their acculturative stress. Conclusion: The study highlights the importance of considering contextual factors in acculturative stress among Mexican immigrant women and its impact on psychological distress. Implications for practice and policy include developing culturally sensitive interventions, educational opportunities, improved access to mental health services, anti-discrimination policies, and addressing the unique needs of this population. By implementing these strategies, mental health professionals and policymakers can enhance Mexican immigrant women's well-being, resilience, and successful integration into the host society.

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“…Marcuse (1997, p.242) defines an enclave as 'a spatially concentrated area in which members of a particular population group, self-defined by ethnicity or religion or otherwise, congregate as a means of enhancing their economic, social, political and/or cultural development'. Though the term 'enclave' connotes geographic concentration (see Marcuse, 1997;Rhee, 2015;Turner, 2007;Zhang & Xie, 2016), it can serve as a metaphor to conceptualize online spatial concentration. We intentionally use the words enclave and exposure together for several reasons: 1) social media affordances enable the creation of defined (concentrated) virtual spaces (e.g., Facebook pages/groups) related to socio-political issues; 2) these spaces offer full potential for exposure and interaction regardless of user attributes; 3) social dimensions of those spaces are driven by self-defined attributes of members.…”

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‘Enclaves of exposure’: A conceptual viewpoint to explore cross-ideology exposure on social network sites

Rathnayake

Suthers

2019

The Social Science Journal

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Previous studies indicate mixed results as to whether social media constitutes ideological echo chambers. This inconsistency may arise due to a lack of theoretical frames that acknowledge the fact that contextual and technological factors allow varying levels of cross-cutting exposure on social media. This study suggests an alternative theoretical lens, divergence of exposureco-existence of user groups with varying degrees of cross-ideology exposure related to the same issueas a notion that serves as an overarching perspective. We suggest that mediated spaces, such as social media groups, can serve as enclaves of exposure that offer affordances for formation of user groups irrespective of offline social distinctions. Yet social elements cause some of them to display more cross-ideology exchange than others. To establish this claim empirically, we examine two Facebook page user networks ('Sri Lanka's Killing Fields' and 'Sri Lankans Hate Channel 4') that emerged in response to Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, a controversial documentary broadcast by Channel 4 that accused Sri Lankan armed forces of human rights violation during the final stage of the separatist conflict in Sri Lanka. The results showed that the Facebook group network that supported the claims made by Channel 4 is more diverse in terms of ethnic composition, and is neither assortative nor disassortative across ethnicity, suggesting the presence of cross-ethnicity interaction. The pro-allegiant group was largely homogenous and less active, resembling a passive echo chamber. 'Social mediation' repurposes enclaves of exposure to represent polarized ideologies where some venues display crossideology exposure, while others resemble an 'echo chamber'.

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Acculturative Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Immigrant Elders Residing in Non-Korean Ethnic Enclaves

Cited by 8 publications

References 48 publications

Neighbourhood ethnic diversity and mental health in Australia

Neighbourhood ethnic diversity and mental health in Australia

Cultural Crossroads: How Mexican Immigrant Women Navigate Stress and Adaptation

‘Enclaves of exposure’: A conceptual viewpoint to explore cross-ideology exposure on social network sites

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