The Hispanic Stress Inventory Version 2: Improving the assessment of acculturation stress.

Cervantes, Richard C.; Fisher, Dennis G.; Padilla, Amado M.; Napper, Lucy E.

doi:10.1037/pas0000200

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“…Clinically significant psychological distress was denoted with a t -score of 63 or above on the GSI or on any two subscale dimension scores. The BSI is widely used, has well-established psychometric properties, and has been previously validated for use with Mexican immigrants (Cervantes, Fisher, Padilla, & Napper, 2015). In our study, the Cronbach’s alpha for the BSI was 0.95.…”

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Kicks hurt less: Discrimination predicts distress beyond trauma among undocumented Mexican immigrants.

Garcini¹,

Chen²,

Brown³

et al. 2018

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: This study aimed to assess for the prevalence of interpersonal discrimination among undocumented Mexican immigrants residing in high-risk neighborhoods near the CaliforniaMexico border, identify relevant vulnerabilities, and determine its association with clinically significant psychological distress after controlling for socio-demographics, immigration characteristics, and history of trauma. Method: Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) was used in this cross-sectional study to collect and analyze data from clinical interviews with 246 undocumented Mexican immigrants. The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-53) was used as the primary outcome measure to assess for clinically significant psychological distress. For all analyses, inferential statistics accounted for design effects and sample weights to produce weighted estimates. Logistic regression was used in the multivariate analyses. Results: 69% of participants reported interpersonal discrimination due to being undocumented with significant differences observed across sex, educational attainment, and income. Among participants with a history of interpersonal discrimination due to their undocumented status, 52% met criteria for clinically significant psychological distress with significant differences observed across age groups, years living in the U.S. and history of trauma. After controlling for relevant covariates, having experienced interpersonal discrimination due to being undocumented was the strongest significant predictor of clinically significant psychological distress, OR = 5.47, 95% CI [2.56, 11.7], p < .001, even beyond history of trauma. Conclusion: Overall, our findings emphasize the need for policies, advocacy, and the development and provision of contextually-sensitive interventions to address the high prevalence of interpersonal discrimination and its negative health effects among undocumented Mexican immigrants.

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Kicks hurt less: Discrimination predicts distress beyond trauma among undocumented Mexican immigrants.

Garcini¹,

Chen²,

Brown³

et al. 2018

Psychology of Violence

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“…Clinically significant distress or a case for positive diagnosis was denoted by a GSI t score ≥ 63 or any two subscale dimension scores with a t score ≥ 63. The BSI is widely used, has well‐established psychometric properties, and has been previously used with Mexican immigrants (Cervantes, Fisher, Padilla, & Napper, ). In this study, Cronbach's alpha for the BSI was .95.…”

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confidence: 99%

“One Scar Too Many:” The Associations Between Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants

Garcini

Peña

Gutiérrez

et al. 2017

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Undocumented immigration often presents with multiple stressors and contextual challenges, which may diminish mental health. This study is the first to provide population-based estimates for the prevalence of traumatic events and its association to clinically significant psychological distress among undocumented Mexican immigrants in the United States. This cross-sectional study used respondent-driven sampling to obtain and analyze data from clinical interviews with 248 undocumented Mexican immigrants residing in high-risk neighborhoods near the California-Mexico border. Overall, 82.7% of participants reported a history of traumatic events, with 47.0% of these meeting the criteria for clinically significant psychological distress. After controlling for relevant covariates, having experienced material deprivation, odds ratio (OR) = 2.26, 95% CI [1.18, 4.31], p = .013, and bodily injury, OR = 2.96, 95% CI [1.50, 5.83], p = .002, and not having a history of deportation, OR = 0.36, 95% CI [0.17, 0.79], p = .011, were associated with clinically significant psychological distress. These results support the need to revisit health and immigration policies and to devise solutions grounded in empirical evidence aimed at preventing the negative effects of trauma and psychological distress in this population.

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“…Not only expatriates, but also immigrant workers have issues adjusting to foreign culture. They have to greatly change their lifestyle when adjusting to host countries; consequently, many stressful social adjustment problems occur (Cervantes et al 1991 , 2016 ).…”

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Stress of working abroad: a systematic review

Doki

Sasahara

Matsuzaki

2018

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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PurposeMany companies target international markets to expand their business. Companies need to manage international teams with a wide variety of skills, knowledge and values to run their business effectively; however, there are many issues of acculturation stress. Not only business travellers and expatriates, but also immigrant workers have issues adjusting to foreign culture. The aim of the present study is to identify the stress factors affecting foreign-born workers via a systematic review.MethodsThe systematic review was conducted using PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase and Cochrane Library databases. Articles on the subject of workers living abroad, such as immigrants, expatriates and business travellers, were included. The risk of bias in the included articles was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), RoBANS for non-RCT studies, and CASP for qualitative studies.ResultsFor the systematic review, 45 out of 14,994 articles were analysed. Six components, communication, cultural differences in the workplace, daily life, relationships with family and colleagues, financial problems and social inequality, were extracted.ConclusionForeign-born workers are suffering from acculturation and occupational stress. The results of the present study can help greatly with understanding of the stress structure of working abroad.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1007/s00420-018-1333-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The Hispanic Stress Inventory Version 2: Improving the assessment of acculturation stress.

Cited by 90 publications

References 49 publications

Kicks hurt less: Discrimination predicts distress beyond trauma among undocumented Mexican immigrants.

Kicks hurt less: Discrimination predicts distress beyond trauma among undocumented Mexican immigrants.

“One Scar Too Many:” The Associations Between Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants

Stress of working abroad: a systematic review

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