Gender, family, and community correlates of mental health in South Asian Americans.
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Nationally representative data from the National Latino and Asian American Study (Alegría et al., 2004) was used to examine both disorder prevalence rates and correlates of distress for the South Asian American subgroup (n = 164). South Asian Americans generally appeared to have lower or comparable rates of lifetime and 12-month mood and anxiety disorders when compared with the overall Asian American sample. A multiple-regression model fitted to predict recent psychological distress, with 12-month diagnosis as a covariate, found gender differences. For women, lack of extended family support was related to higher levels of distress, whereas for men, greater conflict with family culture, and a lower community social position (but higher U.S. social position) predicted higher distress scores. Findings suggest that mental health services consider a broad framework of psychological functioning for South Asian Americans that reflect their gendered, familial, and sociopolitical realities.
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The presence of multiple stressors has been associated with adverse health risks and other negative effects for immigrants.
“The presence of multiple stressors has been associated with adverse health risks and other negative effects for this group of people (Choudhry 2001; Yakhnich 2008; Masood, Okazaki, and Takeuchi 2009).”
From Indo-Caribbean Women from Trinidad and Guyana: Hardships, Conflict, and Resiliency (2016) · cites this paper as Masood, Okazaki, and Takeuchi 2009
The Results (Predictors of Distress; page not provided) associate several stress-related factors, including financial strain and family cultural conflict, with higher psychological distress among South Asian American men. The paper does not establish adverse health risks or other negative effects beyond psychological distress, and its findings should not be generalized to immigrants as a whole. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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From Indo-Caribbean Women from Trinidad and Guyana: Hardships, Conflict, and Resiliency (2016) · cites this paper as Masood, Okazaki, and Takeuchi 2009
The Abstract (page unavailable) says very little is known about the psychological adjustment of South Asian immigrants and their U.S.-born children. It does not identify Indo-Caribbean immigrants or establish that research on them generally is severely limited; the supported point concerns a different population and a narrower research topic. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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- Authors
- Masood, N., Okazaki, S., & Takeuchi, D. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
- Published
- 2009-07
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 265-274
- ISSN
- 1077-341X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0106
- 1099-9809
- PMC
- PMC3955879
- OpenAlex
- W1999718676
- Cited by
- 89
- References
- 48
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- FWCI
- 10.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH–14257)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (K23 DA018715–01A2)
- National Institutes of Health (R01HD049142; U01MH62209; P50MH073469; P50MH073511)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Keywords
- South Asian Americans, mental health, psychological distress, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, gender differences, extended family support, Asian American mental health
- MeSH terms
- Acculturation, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Asian, Bangladesh, Mental Disorders, Conflict, Psychological, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family, Female, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Social, Humans, India, Male, Pakistan, Prejudice, Residence Characteristics, Risk Factors, Social Support, Sri Lanka, Emigrants and Immigrants
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