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This study investigated the relationship of homeless status, ethnic identity, respondent ethnicity (African American, Latino, Native American, and Anglo), and Latino, Anglo, and Mexican American orientation on the functional impairment (Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale, BASIS-32; S. V. Eisen, 1996) of 355 homeless men and women who were interviewed in Pomona, California. Multivariate analyses of variance results indicated that respondent ethnicity was related to several BASIS-32 subscales. Specifically, Anglo and African American homeless adults had greater functional impairment than did Latino or Native American respondents. In addition, high Anglo orientation among chronically homeless Latino respondents, with low ethnic identity was associated with higher levels of functional impairment on the BASIS-32 Psychosis subscale. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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Aculturación , Etnicidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Personas con Mala Vivienda/psicología , Personas con Mala Vivienda/estadística & datos numéricos , Identificación Social , Negro o Afroamericano/psicología , Negro o Afroamericano/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Hispánicos o Latinos/psicología , Hispánicos o Latinos/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Indígenas Norteamericanos/psicología , Indígenas Norteamericanos/estadística & datos numéricos , Entrevistas como Asunto , Masculino , Americanos Mexicanos/psicología , Americanos Mexicanos/estadística & datos numéricos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Población Blanca/psicología , Población Blanca/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To compare the mental health and well-being of Mexican immigrants with native-born Mexican Americans living in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. METHODS: A randomly stratified sample of 353 Hispanics aged 45 and older were interviewed. The immigrant group (n = 148) was compared with native-born Mexican Americans (n = 205). RESULTS: The findings showed that the native-born group was not significantly different from the immigrant group on measures of depression, health status, life satisfaction, or self-esteem. The immigrant group was found to report significantly more stress than the Mexican American group. Income, age, gender, and acculturation were significant predictors of well-being, whereas immigration status and years of residency were not. DISCUSSION: The well-being of Mexican immigrants in the United States is confounded by such variables as income, age, gender, and acculturation, along with various other contextual factors that characterize their life experiences in the United States.