Mediators of the Relationship Between Acculturative Stress and Internalization Symptoms for Immigrant Origin Youth

The present study examines the generational differences in the relation between acculturative stress and internalizing symptoms (i.e., anxiety and depression) with a sample of 304 urban residing first- and second-generation immigrant adolescents. In addition, the role of perceptions of social suppor...

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Published in:Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2013-01, Vol.19 (1), p.27-37
Main Authors: Katsiaficas, Dalal, Suárez-Orozco, Carola, Sirin, Selcuk R, Gupta, Taveeshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - ethnology
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescent Development
Anxiety - ethnology
Anxiety - psychology
Continental Population Groups - psychology
Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data
Cultural Characteristics
Depression - ethnology
Depression - psychology
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Female
Generational Differences
Human
Humans
Immigration
Internal-External Control
Internalization
Logistic Models
Male
Mental Health
New York
Qualitative Research
Regression Analysis
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress
Stress, Psychological - diagnosis
Stress, Psychological - ethnology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population
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Summary:The present study examines the generational differences in the relation between acculturative stress and internalizing symptoms (i.e., anxiety and depression) with a sample of 304 urban residing first- and second-generation immigrant adolescents. In addition, the role of perceptions of social support-a critical element to healthy immigrant adolescent adaptation-is explored as a mediator of this relation. Results indicate that first-generation adolescents report more acculturative stress and internalizing symptoms than do second generation. Employing a moderated mediation framework ( Preacher, Rucker, & Hayes, 2007 ), we find that perceptions of both emotional and academic social support mediate the relation between acculturative stress and internalizing symptoms for the first generation but not for the second. Our findings serve to expand the discourse of the "immigrant paradox" ( García Coll & Marks, 2011 ).
ISSN:1099-9809
1939-0106
DOI:10.1037/a0031094