The Lived Experience of Religiosity and Stress among Middle-Aged Vietnamese American Catholic Immigrants

Le, Yen K.; Snodgrass, Jill L.

doi:10.1007/s11089-018-0860-y

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“…Religiosity can function as a means for enhancing well-being and coping with midlife stressors (Le & Snodgrass, 2019; Masters & Hooker, 2013; Pargament, 2001; Park & Slattery, 2013). The results indicated that involvement in religious rituals and activities may help middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholic immigrants lower their levels of psychological distress, but does not aid in enhancing life satisfaction (see Tables 3 and 4).…”

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“…What other variables might be missing in these two models? Future research might include instruments that measure other types of stressors, personal coping resources, and/or community and social support, which might have an impact on the outcome variables, such as family stressors and psychospiritual stress (Le & Snodgrass, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Like most middle-aged individuals, middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics often encounter family stressors related to marriage, parenting, and finances; psychospiritual stressors such as existential awareness of aging and dying, loneliness, and a lack of support and anger; and stress due to the physical aging process (Le & Snodgrass, 2019). In addition, middle-aged Vietnamese-born Americans can experience acculturative stress, the process of cultural change that happens when two or more cultural groups merge with one another (Rodriguez, Myers, Mira, Flores, & Garcia-Hernandez, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, middle-aged Vietnamese-born Americans can experience acculturative stress, the process of cultural change that happens when two or more cultural groups merge with one another (Rodriguez, Myers, Mira, Flores, & Garcia-Hernandez, 2002). Acculturative stress can be related to marital difficulties that result from different rates of acculturation between spouses or among family members, feelings of conflict between the traditional and American cultures, and experiences of distress related to disagreements about how to raise American-born children (Le & Snodgrass, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research demonstrates that family social support, which is central to emotional regulation within the transactional model of stress and coping (Wethington et al, 2015), decreases psychological distress among adult Vietnamese immigrants (Singh, McBride, & Kak, 2015). However, to date, very little research has been conducted related to the stress-and-coping process and factors that contribute to the well-being of middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics (Le & Snodgrass, 2019; Le, Piedmont, & Wilkins, 2019). Little research has examined how the midlife experiences affect the acculturation process, and even less is known about how spirituality, religiosity, and resilience may or may not play a role in the coping process.…”

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Acculturative stress and coping processes among middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics: The roles of spirituality, religiosity, and resilience on well-being.

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Snodgrass²,

Fenzel³

et al. 2021

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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This study used a quantitative cross-sectional design to examine the relationship of spirituality, religiosity, and resilience to psychological distress and life satisfaction. Participants were 413 middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics. Results from the zero-order correlation analyses indicated that depression and life satisfaction were significantly predicted by spirituality, religiosity, and resilience, but not by acculturative stress. A series of multiple regressions examined the main effects and interaction effects of spirituality, religiosity, and resilience on depression and life satisfaction, controlling for 4 demographic and 5 personality factors. The results revealed that acculturative stress had no significant direct association with depression and life satisfaction nor in interaction with spirituality, religiosity, or resilience. Religious involvement, religious crisis, and resilience in midlife significantly predicted depression and life satisfaction controlling for covariates (⌬R 2 scores ranged from .01 to .04). These findings provided further support for the hypothesis that religiosity and resilience are important resources for managing psychological distress and enhancing life satisfaction for Vietnamese-born American Catholic immigrants at midlife. Implications for counseling practice and future research are discussed. What is the public significance of this article?The study investigated how spirituality, religiosity, and resilience influence the stress experienced by middle-aged Vietnamese-born Catholics living in the United States and how they cope with such stress. The findings suggest that psychologists and other helping professionals consider clients' religious beliefs and practices, and capacity for resilience, as important components of assessment and treatment when helping middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholic immigrants to manage psychological distress and enhance life satisfaction.

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Section: Proposed Model Of Acculturative Stress and Coping Processmentioning

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Acculturative stress and coping processes among middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics: The roles of spirituality, religiosity, and resilience on well-being.

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Fenzel³

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Spirituality, religiousness, personality as predictors of stress and resilience among middle-aged Vietnamese-Born American Catholics

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Mediating effects of religious coping on acculturative stress and life satisfaction: Focus on Sri Lankan migrant workers in Korea

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2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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Considering the increasing numbers of migrant workers in the Republic of Korea and the challenges faced by migrant workers in adapting to their new environment, this study investigates how religious coping mediates acculturative stress and life satisfaction. Based on data collected from 106 Sri Lankan migrant workers, the study found that both internal and external religious coping styles significantly mediated acculturative stress and life satisfaction, with the external style affecting life satisfaction more significantly than the internal one. Religious coping styles were significantly and positively correlated with life satisfaction, which could help reduce acculturative stress. Factors, including age, gender, marital status, religious visits and working hours contribute to understanding the role that religious coping mechanisms play in the lives of migrant workers. Accordingly, the study suggests supporting religious communities and activities of migrants, and upgrading the social, cultural and educational services they receive, as well as the policies of the Korean government directed toward them.

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The Lived Experience of Religiosity and Stress among Middle-Aged Vietnamese American Catholic Immigrants

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Acculturative stress and coping processes among middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics: The roles of spirituality, religiosity, and resilience on well-being.

Acculturative stress and coping processes among middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholics: The roles of spirituality, religiosity, and resilience on well-being.

Spirituality, religiousness, personality as predictors of stress and resilience among middle-aged Vietnamese-Born American Catholics

Mediating effects of religious coping on acculturative stress and life satisfaction: Focus on Sri Lankan migrant workers in Korea

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