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Open Access 06-09-2024 | Anxiety | Original Paper

The Role of Acculturative Stress on the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth: A Scoping Literature Review

Authors: Doukessa Lerias, Tahereh Ziaian, Emily Miller, Nancy Arthur, Martha Augoustinos, Tara Pir

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal

Abstract

Acculturation after settlement has been identified as a risk factor affecting the mental health of immigrant youth. Increasing rates of immigration and expanding populations of immigrant youth mean that addressing their mental is a priority. Acculturative stress is the stress-response resulting from the effects of multiple stressors that result from the need to acculturate. Among youth within the developmental stages of late adolescence and emerging adulthood, increased sensitivity to stress, and developmental demands, impact their mental health. The effects of acculturative stress place an additional burden on the mental health of immigrant youth. This scoping review examined existing literature that investigated a variety of relationships between acculturative stress and youth mental health. A comprehensive search strategy that focused on studies involving youth, mainly aged between 15-24, with a proximal history of international migration, published between 2012-2022, resulted in a collection of fifty-three studies. This review examined significant relationships between acculturative stress and major depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, substance misuse, behavioural problems and poor psychological wellbeing. This scoping review was truly explorative as it included youth from immigrant minorities, had no geographical limits, and included various study designs. Acculturative stress continues to be an important contributor to the mental health of youth who have a proximal history of international migration. This review provided an exploration of the state of research, identified the importance of the settlement context, and provided recommendations for the direction of future studies, supportive policies, and practice considerations, related to the mental health of immigrant youth.

In this study, immigrant(s) is the term used to describe any person or people who have lived experience of international migration, who themselves had arrived at their settlement country either through humanitarian or non-humanitarian pathways.

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Title: The Role of Acculturative Stress on the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth: A Scoping Literature Review
Authors: Doukessa Lerias
Tahereh Ziaian
Emily Miller
Nancy Arthur
Martha Augoustinos
Tara Pir
Publication date: 06-09-2024
Publisher: Springer US
Keyword: Anxiety
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01351-x

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