Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil
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Resumo: | Acculturation refers to changes that occur when people from different cultural backgrounds encounter a new cultural environment. Such changes may play an important role in mental health. The present study investigates the relationships between acculturation, anxiety and depression in 64 Haitians who migrated to Brazil between 2010 and 2016. Participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Immigrant Acculturation Scale, and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist - 27. Participants reported low levels of anxiety and depression symptoms and the most adopted acculturation strategy was integration. An assimilationist acculturation orientation was associated with lower levels of anxiety and a separationist orientation was linked to higher levels of depression. Contradicting our initial hypotheses, the final anxiety model negatively associated language separation with high anxiety symptoms. In general, the participants of the present study seemed to be well adapted to the Brazilian culture. However, acculturation strategies in our study varied across domains and were influenced by sociodemographic variables as time since migration and being employed. Considering that Brazil is a large and multi-cultural country, further research should be conducted in different parts of the country and with various migrant groups in order to better understand the acculturation phenomena. |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazilmigrationacculturationanxietydepressionmental healthAcculturation refers to changes that occur when people from different cultural backgrounds encounter a new cultural environment. Such changes may play an important role in mental health. The present study investigates the relationships between acculturation, anxiety and depression in 64 Haitians who migrated to Brazil between 2010 and 2016. Participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Immigrant Acculturation Scale, and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist - 27. Participants reported low levels of anxiety and depression symptoms and the most adopted acculturation strategy was integration. An assimilationist acculturation orientation was associated with lower levels of anxiety and a separationist orientation was linked to higher levels of depression. Contradicting our initial hypotheses, the final anxiety model negatively associated language separation with high anxiety symptoms. In general, the participants of the present study seemed to be well adapted to the Brazilian culture. However, acculturation strategies in our study varied across domains and were influenced by sociodemographic variables as time since migration and being employed. Considering that Brazil is a large and multi-cultural country, further research should be conducted in different parts of the country and with various migrant groups in order to better understand the acculturation phenomena.Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde2019-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-00862019000200017Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças v.20 n.2 2019reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-00862019000200017Brunnet,AliceWeber,JoãoBolaséll,LauraCargnelutti,EzquielKristensen,ChristianPizzinato,Adolfoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-07-27T12:27:35ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil Brunnet,Alice migration acculturation anxiety depression mental health |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil |
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Acculturation, anxiety and depression among Haitian immigrants in southern Brazil |
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Brunnet,Alice |
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Brunnet,Alice Weber,João Bolaséll,Laura Cargnelutti,Ezquiel Kristensen,Christian Pizzinato,Adolfo |
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Weber,João Bolaséll,Laura Cargnelutti,Ezquiel Kristensen,Christian Pizzinato,Adolfo |
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Brunnet,Alice Weber,João Bolaséll,Laura Cargnelutti,Ezquiel Kristensen,Christian Pizzinato,Adolfo |
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migration acculturation anxiety depression mental health |
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migration acculturation anxiety depression mental health |
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Acculturation refers to changes that occur when people from different cultural backgrounds encounter a new cultural environment. Such changes may play an important role in mental health. The present study investigates the relationships between acculturation, anxiety and depression in 64 Haitians who migrated to Brazil between 2010 and 2016. Participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Immigrant Acculturation Scale, and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist - 27. Participants reported low levels of anxiety and depression symptoms and the most adopted acculturation strategy was integration. An assimilationist acculturation orientation was associated with lower levels of anxiety and a separationist orientation was linked to higher levels of depression. Contradicting our initial hypotheses, the final anxiety model negatively associated language separation with high anxiety symptoms. In general, the participants of the present study seemed to be well adapted to the Brazilian culture. However, acculturation strategies in our study varied across domains and were influenced by sociodemographic variables as time since migration and being employed. Considering that Brazil is a large and multi-cultural country, further research should be conducted in different parts of the country and with various migrant groups in order to better understand the acculturation phenomena. |
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