Vietnamese Women Immigrants' Life Adaptation, Social Support, and Depression

Lin, Li‐Hua; Hung, Chich‐Hsiu

doi:10.1097/01.jnr.0000387621.95306.98

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“…The present authors' results revealed a low incidence of maternal depression (0.5%) among the Vietnamese immigrant women, consistent with a previous study by Lin and Hung (), who found that the incidence of maternal depression for this cohort is 1.4%. Studies of other immigrant groups, however, revealed higher incidences of maternal depression.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Predictors of post‐partum stress in Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan

Lee

Hung

2015

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Predictors of post‐partum stress in Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan

Lee

Hung

2015

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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“…Another variable of interest that can explain the degree of social support in the immigrant population is the time spent in the host country, a phenomenon already studied by Lin and Hung [41] that support the findings of our study, that shows the longer one lives in the country of migration the more social support it has. This relationship can be explained by several circumstances: a better understanding of the host language, a better sociocultural adaptation to the new society and by the immigrants' origin.…”

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confidence: 89%

The relationship between social support and self-reported health status in immigrants: an adjusted analysis in the Madrid Cross Sectional Study

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BackgroundSocial support is an important factor in the adaptation process of immigrants, helping for their integration in a new environment. The lack of social support may influence on well-being and health status. The aim of this study is to describe the social support of immigrant and native population and study the possible association between immigration and lack social support after adjusting for sociodemographic factors, income, stress and self-reported health status.MethodsCross-sectional population based study of immigrants and national patients without mental disorders of 15 urban primary health centers in the north-eastern area of Madrid. Participants provided information on social support, stress level, perceived health status and socio-economic characteristics. Descriptive and multiple logistic regression were conducted.ResultsThe proportion of the global perception of social support among immigrants and natives was 79.2% and 94.2%, respectively. The lack of global social support adjusted prevalence ratio (PR) of immigrant was 2.72 (95% Confidence Interval = 1.81-4.09), showing a significant association with being male (PR = 2.26), having monthly income below 500 euros (PR = 3.81) and suffering stress (PR = 1.94). For the dimensions of lack of social support the higher association was being an immigrant and suffering stress.ConclusionsWe conclude that with regardless of the level of monthly income, stress level, self-reported health status, and gender, immigrant status is directly associated with lack social support. The variable most strongly associated with lack social support has been monthly income below 500 euros.

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“…Casado and Leung (2002) showed that Chinese American elders with language difficulties had a higher rate of depression. In the study by Lin and Hung (2007), Vietnamese female marriage immigrants in Taiwan with competent language ability had a lower rate of depression. Conflicting research results have been observed for female marriage immigrants in Korea.…”

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Predictive factors of depression among Asian female marriage immigrants in Korea

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Yang

Kwon

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This study investigated the prevailing rate of depression in female marriage immigrants in Korea and the predictive factors of their rates of depression. The study included 316 foreign female marriage immigrant participants. Four instruments yielded the data: the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and questionnaires regarding the participants' Korean language ability and demographic data. The survey scales were translated into Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, and English. The data collection was conducted by a face-to-face interview and translators were used when needed. The female marriage immigrants were found to have higher depression rates than women in the general Korean population. The predictive factors of depression for the female marriage immigrants included their country of origin, Korean speaking ability, and family support. Far more depression was found to occur in the Chinese participants, while the rate of depression was lower in those with competent Korean speaking ability and family support. An exploration of strategies to improve the speaking ability and family support of female marriage immigrants will be necessary in order to decrease their incidence of depression and the strategies should be differentiated based on the female marriage immigrants' country of origin.

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Vietnamese Women Immigrants' Life Adaptation, Social Support, and Depression

Cited by 39 publications

References 10 publications

Predictors of post‐partum stress in Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan

Predictors of post‐partum stress in Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan

The relationship between social support and self-reported health status in immigrants: an adjusted analysis in the Madrid Cross Sectional Study

Predictive factors of depression among Asian female marriage immigrants in Korea

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