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This study assesses variations in acculturation experiences by identifying distinct acculturation classes, and investigates the role of these acculturation classes for self-rated mental health among Latino and Asian immigrants in the United States. Using 2002-2003 the National Latino and Asian American Study, Latent Class Analysis is used to capture variations in immigrant classes (recent arrivals, separated, bicultural and assimilated), and OLS regressions are used to assess the link between acculturation classes and self-rated mental health. For both Latinos and Asians, bicultural immigrants reported the best mental health, and separated immigrants and recent arrivals reported the worst mental health. The findings also reveal group differences in acculturation classes, whereby Latino immigrants were more likely to be in the separated class and recent arrivals class relative to Asian immigrants. While there was not a significant group difference in self-rated mental health at the bivariate level, controlling for acculturation classes revealed that Latinos report better self-rated mental health than Asians. Thus, Latino immigrants would actually have better self-rated mental health than their Asian counterparts if they were not more likely to be represented in less acculturated classes (separated class and recent arrivals) and/or as likely to be in the bicultural class as their Asian counterparts. Together the findings underscore the nuanced and complex nature of the acculturation process, highlighting the importance of race differences in this process, and demonstrate the role of acculturation classes for immigrant group differences in self-rated mental health.

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ÖzBu çalışmanın amacı sosyal bilimler alanında yapılan çalışmalarda sıkça kullanılan, yol analizi ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi gibi çok değişkenli istatistiksel yöntemler arasında ortak noktayı temsil eden yapısal eşitlik modellemesine yeni bir yaklaşım olan kısmi en küçük kareler yol analizi yöntemini tanıtmak ve yöntemin kullanılabilirliğini liderlik, motivasyon ve ödüllendirme üçgeninde kavramların birbirine etkisini inceleyerek ve kavramlar arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya çıkartarak açıklamaktır. Çalışma için verilerin toplanmasında anket formu kullanılmış olup çalışma özel bir hastanede gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular liderliğin motivasyon ve ödüllendirme üzerinde ve ödüllendirmenin motivasyon üzerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir etkiye sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Çalışma sonucunda, liderlik kavramının yerleşmesine etki eden unsurların lider-motivasyon ilişkisinde de önemli bir yeri olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Ödüllendirme mekanizmasının motivasyonu olumlu etkilediği de elde edilen sonuçlar arasında yer almaktadır.

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This study uncovers variations in female labour force participation (FLFP) among women in the US originating from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), with a focus on differences by nativity status, and investigates the role of ethnically homogamous relationships in explaining these variations. Lower levels of US labour force participation among women from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is puzzling, given that these women have higher educational attainments than most women in the US. Recent work has suggested that looking more closely at the influence of homogamy on immigrant women's economic activity may help to explain this puzzle. Drawing from prior research on FLFP and immigrant integration, we hypothesized that foreign-born women from MENA will report lower labour force participation rates relative to their US-born counterparts, and ethnically homogamous marriage will explain differences in FLFP across nativity status. Data come from the Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) from 2012-2016 American Community Surveys (ACS). The analytic sample consists of 33,133 women in the United states of MENA origin who are in the prime working ages of 25 to 59. As hypothesized, we found that foreign-born MENA women reported significantly lower labour force participation rates than their US-born counterparts. We also found that after controlling for all relevant characteristics, MENA women (both US-born and foreign-born) with MENA husbands remained dramatically less likely to be in the labour force than women with non-MENA husbands. Our findings suggest the disadvantage in FLFP experienced by foreignborn MENA women is due mostly to high rates of ethnically homogamous relationships among this population relative to their US-born counterparts. Thus, our study highlights ethnic homogamy as a structural-cultural barrier for MENA women's labour force activity in the US and suggests that empirical research on FLFP and immigrant integration should consider partner characteristics as a key determinant of women's labour force participation.