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A pathway to negative acculturation: marital maladjustment mediates the relationship between the length of residency and depressive symptoms in immigrant women in Taiwan.
Lien, Mei-Huei; Huang, Sheng-Shiung; Yang, Hao-Jan.
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  • Lien MH; Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Jianguo N. Rd, Taichung, 40201, Taiwan.
  • Huang SS; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Da-Yeh University, No.168, University Rd., Dacun, Changhua, 51591, Taiwan.
  • Yang HJ; Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Jianguo N. Rd, Taichung, 40201, Taiwan. hjyang@csmu.edu.tw.
BMC Womens Health ; 21(1): 190, 2021 05 07.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33962572
BACKGROUND: Immigrant women in Taiwan experience a variety of acculturative and marital problems that result in a mental-health problems. We examined the mediational effect of marital adjustment on the relationship between acculturation and depressive symptoms in immigrant women in Taiwan. METHODS: All participants (N = 127) were interviewed to collect data regarding their basic sociodemographics, depressive symptoms, acculturation (using language proficiency and years in Taiwan as indicators), and marital adjustment. We used a Sobel test to examine how marital adjustment mediates the relationship between acculturation and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Our results indicated that an increased length of residency exacerbated depressive symptoms (ß = 0.62, p = 0.03) and that this relationship contributed, in part, to the mediational effect of marital adjustment. That is, marital adjustment deteriorated with the length of residency (ß = - 0.26, p = 0.0013), resulting in the development of depressive symptoms (ß = - 0.95, p = 0.0013). CONCLUSION: Although the duration of residency may be useful as a proxy for acculturation in the assessment of some health outcomes, our findings imply that it is better to conceptualize it as a cumulative stress when considering the mental health of immigrant women. Marital maladjustment acts as a mediator in this relationship. As such, it is important to provide immigrant families with programs and resources to assist them in adapting to their marriages and to improve the mental health of immigrant women.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Emigrantes e Inmigrantes / Internado y Residencia Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: BMC Womens Health Asunto de la revista: SAUDE DA MULHER Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Taiwán Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Emigrantes e Inmigrantes / Internado y Residencia Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: BMC Womens Health Asunto de la revista: SAUDE DA MULHER Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Taiwán Pais de publicación: Reino Unido