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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 1/2018

01-02-2018 | Original paper

Ethnic Identity and Perceived Stress Among Ethnically Diverse Immigrants

Authors: Adriana Espinosa, Aleksandr Tikhonov, Lauren M. Ellman, David M. Kern, Florence Lui, Deidre Anglin

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Recent empirical research suggests that having a strong ethnic identity may be associated with reduced perceived stress. However, the relationship between perceived stress and ethnic identity has not been tested in a large and ethnically diverse sample of immigrants. This study utilized a multi-group latent class analysis of ethnic identity on a sample of first and second generation immigrants (N = 1603), to determine ethnic identity classifications, and their relation to perceived stress. A 4-class ethnic identity structure best fit the data for this immigrant sample, and the proportion within each class varied by ethnicity, but not immigrant generation. High ethnic identity was found to be protective against perceived stress, and this finding was invariant across ethnicity. This study extends the findings of previous research on the protective effect of ethnic identity against perceived stress to immigrant populations of diverse ethnic origins.
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Metadata
Title
Ethnic Identity and Perceived Stress Among Ethnically Diverse Immigrants
Authors
Adriana Espinosa
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Lauren M. Ellman
David M. Kern
Florence Lui
Deidre Anglin
Publication date
01-02-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0494-z

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