Worse Mental Health Among More-Acculturated and Younger Immigrants Experiencing Discrimination: California Health Interview Survey, 2015-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experiences of discrimination harm mental and physical health, with the strongest penalty on mental health. Among immigrants, it remains unclear how acculturation-the process by which immigrants acquire the beliefs and practices of a host culture-influences the mental health burden of navigating discrimination. On the one hand, acculturation can be associated with upward social mobility. Conversely, the acculturative process may increase exposure to, and recognition of, discrimination.

Objectives

We examined the relationship between discrimination and mental illness across racial/ethnic groups, and pathways by which acculturation and age relate to the discrimination-mental health relationship.

Design

A secondary data analysis using population data from the

SUBMITTER: Saadi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7210364 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature