Pakistani Ismaili Muslim adolescent females living in the United States of America: stresses associated with the process of adaptation to U.S. Culture

This study examines correlates of sociopsychological post-migration depression in Pakistani Ismaili Muslim adolescent females residing in the United States using quantitative information obtained through a questionnaire. Analysis of the questionnaire included descriptive statistics, Pearson product...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2007-01, Vol.9 (1), p.35-42, Article 35
Main Authors: Khuwaja, Salma A, Selwyn, Beatrice J, Kapadia, Asha, McCurdy, Sheryl, Khuwaja, Alam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Failure
Acculturation
Adaptation
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescent girls
Adolescents
Asian people
Asians
Community Relations
Coping
Correlation analysis
Correlation coefficient
Correlation coefficients
Cultural change
Culture
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Departments
Depression (Psychology)
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - etiology
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic Groups
Families & family life
Female
Females
Gender Discrimination
Health Conditions
Human Services
Humans
Immigrants
Islam
Mental depression
Migration
Minority & ethnic groups
Muslims
Noncitizens
Pakistan - ethnology
Peer Relationship
Population
Psychology, Adolescent
Public health
Questionnaires
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Society
Statistical analysis
Stress
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Time Factors
United States
Women
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Summary:This study examines correlates of sociopsychological post-migration depression in Pakistani Ismaili Muslim adolescent females residing in the United States using quantitative information obtained through a questionnaire. Analysis of the questionnaire included descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation coefficients, and multiple regression to describe a final model of risk factors related to depression in these adolescents. Longer periods of stay in the United States, young age at migration, and speaking more English were associated with low sociopsychological stress scores. Adolescents who reported a longer period of stay in the United States and lower levels of sociopsychological stress were less likely to be depressed.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-006-9013-y