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Acculturation and mental health: A study of Hmong refugees at 1.5 and 3.5 years postmigration

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  • Westermeyer, Joseph
  • Neider, John
  • Vang, Tou Fu

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This study of Hmong refugees at 1.5 and 3.5 years following arrival in the United States showed considerable improvement on psychiatric self-rating scales. Social changes over the 2 year interim (including a high unemployment rate) were few. Earlier premigration and postmigration variables correlated with high symptom levels at 1.5 years were not correlated with these symptoms at 3.5 years. Events in the acculturation process which accompany, and perhaps account for some of these observations are indicated.

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  • Westermeyer, Joseph & Neider, John & Vang, Tou Fu, 1984. "Acculturation and mental health: A study of Hmong refugees at 1.5 and 3.5 years postmigration," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 87-93, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:18:y:1984:i:1:p:87-93
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    1. Keisuke Ebata & Yuko Miyake, 1989. "A Mental Health Survey of the Vietnamese Refugee in Japan," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 35(2), pages 164-172, June.
    2. Thanh V. Tran & Victor Manalo & Victor T.D. Nguyen, 2007. "Nonlinear Relationship Between Length of Residence and Depression in a Community-Based Sample of Vietnamese Americans," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 53(1), pages 85-94, January.
    3. Blight, Karin Johansson & Ekblad, Solvig & Persson, Jan-Olov & Ekberg, Jan, 2006. "Mental health, employment and gender. Cross-sectional evidence in a sample of refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina living in two Swedish regions," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(7), pages 1697-1709, April.
    4. Perry M. Nicassio & Gary S. Solomon & Steven S. Guest & Joel E. McCullough, 1986. "Emigration Stress and Langltage Proficiency as Correlates of Depression in a Sample of Southeast Asian Refugees," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 32(1), pages 22-28, March.
    5. Michael Ritsner & Alexander Ponizovsky, 1999. "Psychological Distress Through Immigration: the Two-Phase Temporal Pattern?," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 45(2), pages 125-139, June.
    6. Haithem Zourrig & Kamel El Hedhli, 2023. "Consumption coping strategies and well‐being among refugee consumers," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(1), pages 140-170, January.

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