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The Relation between Perceived Parental Refugee Experience and Psychological Distress and Adjustment of U.S.-Raised Vietnamese Americans
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Nguyen, Teresa Uyen.
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University of Michigan. Library.
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English
Published
2013.
Subjects
Vietnamese-American psychological well-being.
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variables were linked to negative and positive well-being. Thus, though there was no evidence for a direct link, there may be indirect associations between communication about parental refugee experiences and psychological well-being.
Americans. A survey method was used to assess perceptions of parents’ past refugee experiences and communication patterns about these parental experiences, and their relation to adult children’s reports of family conflict, general family communication, and parental bonding. The psychological outcomes in the adult children included psychological distress (anxiety and depression symptomatology), self-esteem, and perceived life satisfaction. Acculturation/enculturation levels, and gender of participants were also assessed as mediating and moderating variables respectively. Structural Equation Modeling revealed that parental refugee hardship and communication about parental refugee experiences were not directly related to psychological outcomes of distress, self-esteem, or life satisfaction. However, communication about refugee experiences was linked to enculturation, acculturation, and family processes. In turn, these
Given their experiences of war, migration, and acculturation, Vietnamese refugees are at greater risk for psychological disorders. Although multiple studies have documented high prevalence rates of mental health problems in this population, the intergenerational impacts of trauma and dislocation have not been well-studied among the children of Vietnamese refugees. Specifically, the long-term effects of these parental traumas on the psychological status of their children remain unknown. The current study aimed to add to the intergenerational trauma literature by investigating the relation between current psychological functioning among 221 adult children of Vietnamese American refugees and their perceptions of parents’ refugee experiences and family processes. A second goal was to generate information on the psychosocial status of this generation of Vietnamese
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