@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between acculturative stress and postmigration mental health in Iraqi refugee women resettled in San Diego, California",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2021",
author="Yun, Sandra and Ahmed, Sawssan R. and Hauson, Alexander O. and Al-Delaimy, Wael K.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Due to the lack of research on the adverse impact of acculturative stress on the mental health, the current study examined the associations between acculturative  stress and post-migration mental health outcomes among 219 Iraqi refugee women  resettled in San Diego, California. Mental illness, trauma history, and  acculturative stress were measured and descriptive statistical analyses, and  multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine the  association between acculturative stress, depression, and anxiety among the refugee  women.About half of the participants were categorized as having anxiety (45.6%) and  depression (55.3%). The multivariate regression analysis found that the odds of a  mental health outcome of depression and anxiety in relation to acculturative stress,  increases by a factor of 1.056 and 1.076 respectively, for every point increase on  the acculturative stress scale.The study's findings reflect a linear association of  acculturative stress with depression and anxiety among Iraqi refugee mothers  resettled in San Diego. The mental well-being of refugees does not always improve  nor does their trauma disappear by resettling in a new country. Policy makers should  consider extending the evaluation, follow-up, and support of Iraqi refugee mental  health long beyond the current 90 post arrival policy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-020-00739-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00739-9"
}