Acculturation and Post-Migration Stress in Middle-Aged Chinese Immigrant Women in Philadelphia: Variation between the Fujianese and the non-Fujianese women.
Acculturation and Post-Migration Stress in Middle-Aged Chinese Immigrant Women in Philadelphia: Variation between the Fujianese and the non-Fujianese women.
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DOI：
10.1080/15433714.2011.597303
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Tseng M
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作者：
Ying YW;Han M;Tseng M
尽管在美国城市中的中国移民妇女人数不断增加，但来自沿海省份福建的中国移民妇女的文化适应经验还没有得到很好的研究。本研究旨在探讨福建籍移民女性与中国其他地区移民女性的文化适应经验及移民后的压力。本研究以居住在费城的240名福建籍和162名非福建籍华裔女性移民为研究对象。双变量分析结果表明，福建和非福建妇女之间的人口统计学特征的变化是边缘的，在这项研究中，所有的中国妇女报告经历了一个一维的文化适应过程和一个域类属的文化适应模式，福建妇女表现出更高的水平，移民后的压力比非福建妇女。在多重回归控制人口特征，包括所有的妇女在我们的样本中，更多的文化适应的妇女报告了更高水平的移民后的压力。然而，对福建和非福建妇女的单独多元回归分析显示了不同的移民后压力模式。研究结果显示，对于了解福建移民女性的文化适应与移民后压力，有进一步研究的重要性。
The experience of acculturation in Chinese immigrant women from the rural coastal province of Fujian has not been well studied despite of their growing numbers in American cities. This exploratory study is an attempt to examine the experience of acculturation and post-migration stress in Fujianese immigrant women as compared to those from other parts of China. The study is based on a convenience sample 240 Fujianese and 162 non-Fujianese Chinese immigrant women living in Philadelphia. Results from bivariate analyses showed that the variation in demographic characteristics between Fujianese and non-Fujianese women was marginal; that all Chinese women in this study reported experiencing a unidimensional process of acculturation and a domain-generic model of acculturation; and that the Fujianese women showed a higher level of post-migration stress than the non-Fujianese women. In multiple regression controlling for demographic characteristics and including all the women in our sample, more acculturated women reported a higher level of post-migration stress. However, separate multiple regression analyses for Fujianese and non-Fujianese women revealed a different pattern of post-migration stress models. The findings suggest the importance of further research to understand acculturation and post-migration stress among Fujianese immigrant women.