Predicting psychological distress among former Soviet immigrants

Int J Soc Psychiatry. 1998 Winter;44(4):284-94. doi: 10.1177/002076409804400405.

Abstract

This study investigated whether age, gender, marital status, education, employment, length of time in the U.S. and immigration demands (novelty, occupation, language, discrimination, loss, and not feeling at home) were predictors of psychological distress in a sample of 1,647 former Soviet immigrants. Multiple regression analysis indicated that the combined model of demographic and demand of immigration variables was significant. Results indicated that women, older immigrants, those with less than a college education, and those with greater immigration demands related to novelty, language, discrimination, loss, and not feeling at home were most distressed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Emigration and Immigration / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Massachusetts / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Stress, Psychological / ethnology*
  • USSR / ethnology