The immigrant paradox on internalizing symptoms among immigrant adolescents

Bowe, Anica G.

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.01.002

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“…They include difficulties in learning Hebrew, understanding and managing the Israeli education system, getting one's professional credentials recognized, and finding a job in a relatively small Israeli job market (Amit, 2012;Bartram, 2011;Chachashvili-Bolotin, 2011;1 There is also a phenomenon called "the immigrant paradox" that relates to the following findings: 1) some groups of immigrants demonstrate less incidents of risky behavior (e.g., substance use, school truancy, and crimes) and have fewer health problems than the locals; 2) among some immigrant groups, time in the receiving country is positively correlated with social problems, and 3) second-generation immigrants may demonstrate more risky behavior than first-generation immigrants (Salas-Wright, Vaughn, Schwartz, & Córdova, 2016). However, the immigrant paradox was mostly found among adolescents, and it was not demonstrated regarding psychological well-being (Bowe, 2017). In addition, it was found mostly in the US, and its existence was rarely confirmed in Europe (Sam, Vedder, Liebkind, & Virta, 2008).…”

Section: Comparing Well-being In Immigrant and Non-immigrant Populationsmentioning

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Is emigration worth the trouble? Satisfaction with life, group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status of immigrants and stayers

Tartakovsky

Patrakov

Nikulina

2021

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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In the present study, we examined satisfaction with life (SWL), group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status among immigrants and stayers. The study had two main objectives: 1) to test the morbidity and salutary hypotheses of immigration by comparing the psycho-social characteristics of immigrants and stayers; 2) to test a resource model of wellbeing among immigrants and stayers by investigating the effect of different resources and stressors on SWL. The study was conducted using a random representative sample of firstgeneration immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel (n = 400) and a not-random large and geographically dispersed sample of Jews staying in Russia (n = 935). The comparison of immigrants and stayers revealed that immigration is a mixed blessing, salutary in some aspects and onerous in others. In general, immigrants were more satisfied with their life than stayers. In addition, identification with the country of residence was stronger among immigrants than stayers. However, immigrants reported a higher level of perceived discrimination, and their socio-economic status was lower than that of stayers. Socio-economic status, identification with the country of residence, and perceived discrimination were directly connected to SWL among immigrants and stayers. In addition, among stayers, identification with the ethnic minority group was connected to SWL, while among immigrants, identification with the country of origin was not connected to SWL. Socio-economic status and perceived discrimination also affected SWL indirectly, through their connections to identification with the country of residence among immigrants and stayers and through their connection to ethnic identification among stayers.

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Section: Comparing Well-being In Immigrant and Non-immigrant Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is emigration worth the trouble? Satisfaction with life, group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status of immigrants and stayers

Tartakovsky

Patrakov

Nikulina

2021

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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“…While these factors suggest that migrant youths should display relatively low levels of wellbeing, several studies have found the opposite (Cristini et al, 2015;Harker, 2001;Harris, 1999;Vaage et al, 2009). Terms such as the healthy migrant effect, and the immigrant paradox phenomenon (e.g., Bowe, 2017;Fuligni, 1998;Marks, Ejesi, & Garcia Coll, 2014), have been coined to capture this effect. There are many possible explanations.…”

Section: The Wellbeing Of Migrant Adolescentsmentioning

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“…Terms such as the healthy migrant effect, and the immigrant paradox phenomenon (e.g., Bowe, 2017;Fuligni, 1998;Marks, Ejesi, & Garcia Coll, 2014), have been coined to capture this effect. There are many possible explanations.…”

Section: The Wellbeing Of Migrant Adolescentsmentioning

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The Role of Psychosocial Resources in the Adjustment of Migrant Adolescents

Farahani

Bradley

2018

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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A dolescents who immigrate face particular adjustment challenges. This study investigated (a) levels of wellbeing and depression in migrant adolescents and their Australian native counterparts, (b) associations between adjustment and four psychosocial resources, and (c) moderating effects of country of birth on the relationships between these resources and adjustment indices. The sample (N = 327) included students born in Australia, English-speaking countries other than Australia, and non-Englishspeaking countries. Students born outside of Australia in English-speaking countries reported highest mean levels of wellbeing and ethnic identity. Ethnic identity did not have the expected protective effects on migrant adolescent adjustment. In contrast, a sense of school membership affected Australian-born adolescents more positively than it did their overseas-born peers. The results raise questions regarding sources of support and connectedness that might particularly help migrant adolescents.

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“…Conventional wisdom suggests that immigrants should exhibit more health problems given their high poverty rates, low education levels, less access to healthcare, and exposure to troubled neighborhoods (Cardoso & Thompson, 2010;Wright & Rodriguez, 2014;Ybarra, Ha, & Chang, 2017); yet, the opposite turns out to be true. Research in sociology, epidemiology, and public health has found immigrants to have lower rates of mental health problems, substance abuse, and eating disorders than U.S.-born individuals (Bowe, 2017;Ortega, Rosenheck, Alegría, & Desai, 2000;Salas-Wright et al, 2019). Research also shows that these paradoxical effects decline across generations, where firstgeneration immigrants are less likely to experience obesity, asthma, and poor health than second-or latergeneration individuals (Harris, 1999;Nguyen, 2006;Portes & Rumbaut, 2001).…”

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Undoing resilience: immigrant status and poor health following incarceration

Kuper

Turanovic

2021

Health Justice

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Background In the United States, foreign-born persons often have better health outcomes than their native-born peers, despite exposure to adversity. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether this pattern extends to the consequences of life events, such as incarceration, that separate immigrants from their supportive networks and increase exposure to adversity. Accordingly, using four waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, hierarchical generalized linear models were used to examine within-individual changes in self-rated health following first incarceration (N = 31,202 person-waves). Results The results showed that incarceration was associated with modest health declines that were similar in magnitude for immigrant and native-born persons. Supplemental analyses revealed that these effects did not vary by immigrant race or ethnicity, or by age at immigration. The only exception was for immigrants from low- and middle-income countries, who were marginally less likely to experience health declines following incarceration. Conclusions In general, incarceration appears to be similarly health damaging for immigrants and non-immigrants. These findings raise important questions about how incarceration is linked to health declines for foreign- and native-born populations and emphasize the importance of access to healthcare for individuals released from correctional facilities. More research is needed, however, to further examine the cumulative impacts of incarceration on immigrants’ health across the life course, and to assess a broader spectrum of health outcomes.

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The immigrant paradox on internalizing symptoms among immigrant adolescents

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Is emigration worth the trouble? Satisfaction with life, group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status of immigrants and stayers

Is emigration worth the trouble? Satisfaction with life, group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status of immigrants and stayers

The Role of Psychosocial Resources in the Adjustment of Migrant Adolescents

Undoing resilience: immigrant status and poor health following incarceration

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