Jamil Hikmet, Nassar-McMillan Sylvia C, Lambert Richard G
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2007 Apr;77(2):199-205. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.199.
Acculturation, the process by which individuals or groups transition from one or more cultures into another, can be complex and often stressful. In many cases, reason for immigration can contribute, both positively and negatively, to levels of acculturative stress. Immigrants to the United States from Iraq over the past several decades have shifted in terms of prevalence, reason for and ease of immigration, and pre and postmigration trauma among individuals and groups. The authors examined the psychological by-products of acculturative stress by measuring posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression among three distinct waves of immigrants from Iraq. The authors found support for the hypotheses that these variables were positively correlated with recency of immigration. Implications for psychological practitioners are discussed.
文化适应是指个人或群体从一种或多种文化过渡到另一种文化的过程，可能很复杂，而且常常会带来压力。在许多情况下，移民原因会对文化适应压力水平产生积极或消极的影响。在过去几十年中，从伊拉克移民到美国的人在患病率、移民原因和难易程度以及个人和群体移民前后的创伤方面都发生了变化。作者通过测量来自伊拉克的三批不同移民中的创伤后应激障碍、焦虑和抑郁，研究了文化适应压力的心理副产品。作者发现这些变量与移民近期程度呈正相关这一假设得到了支持。文中还讨论了对心理从业者的启示。
