Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at St Hedwig Hospital, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Große Hamburger Straße 5-11, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Eur Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;27 Suppl 2:S10-6. doi: 10.1016/S0924-9338(12)75702-4.
Many immigrants face more economic strains and hardship than non-immigrants. Income inequality and an increasing social gap between immigrants and non-immigrants in Europe warrant further studies on the impact of socioeconomic factors on health in immigrant groups. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of socioeconomic status (SES) and emotional distress in women of Turkish descent and in women of German descent.
A total of 405 women of German or Turkish descent residing in Berlin were interviewed. Emotional distress was assessed by the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), and SES was examined by level of education, employment status, and income. The associations of emotional distress and SES were estimated in multivariate linear regression analyses.
Unemployment was associated with increased levels of emotional distress in all women, with the highest level of distress in the group of unemployed Turkish women. The overall SES level was related to a greater level of emotional distress in Turkish women, but not in German women (-3.2, 95%CI -5.9 - -.5; p=.020 vs. -.8, 95%CI -2.7 - 1.2; p=.431). Further stratified analyses by relationship status revealed that the association of SES and emotional distress only remained significant among single women.
The impact of socioeconomic hardship appears to be complicated by social roles and expectations related to these. Further in-depth study of the complex nature of the interaction of social roles and socioeconomic position in female Turkish immigrants in Germany is needed to better understand differing risk patterns for emotional distress.
许多移民比非移民面临更多的经济压力和困难。欧洲移民与非移民之间收入不平等和社会差距不断扩大，这使得有必要进一步研究社会经济因素对移民群体健康的影响。本研究旨在探讨土耳其裔和德国裔女性社会经济地位（SES）与情绪困扰之间的关系。
对居住在柏林的 405 名土耳其裔或德国裔女性进行了访谈。采用一般健康问卷-28 项（GHQ-28）评估情绪困扰，通过教育程度、就业状况和收入来评估 SES。采用多元线性回归分析评估情绪困扰和 SES 的相关性。
失业与所有女性的情绪困扰程度增加有关，土耳其裔失业女性的困扰程度最高。总体 SES 水平与土耳其裔女性的情绪困扰程度呈正相关，但与德国裔女性无关（-3.2，95%CI -5.9 至 -.5；p=.020 与 -.8，95%CI -2.7 至 1.2；p=.431）。按婚姻状况进一步分层分析表明，SES 和情绪困扰之间的关联仅在单身女性中仍具有统计学意义。
社会角色和与这些角色相关的期望使社会经济困难的影响变得复杂。需要进一步深入研究德国土耳其裔女性社会角色和社会经济地位相互作用的复杂性质，以更好地了解情绪困扰的不同风险模式。
