Nyanamba Juliet M, Hanebutt Rachel, Goodwin Aijah, Gonzalez-Detrés Catherine, Kapatamoyo Kombe, Bamwine Patricia, Okonkwo Mariagorathy N, Kodiamplakkal Heera, Narisetti Lipika, Murry Velma McBride, Walker Philip
Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2024 Oct;30(4):713-739. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000688. Epub 2024 Aug 29.
African immigrants in the United States have unique experiences and stressors, resulting in diverse outcomes and disparities. As such, examining the effects of cultural stressors (e.g., discrimination, the negative context of reception, bicultural stress) on immigrant populations' mental health can provide a useful framework for explaining and identifying malleable targets to reduce African immigrants' health disparities. This review mapped conceptual and methodological knowledge of cultural stress in African immigrants by applying the cultural stress theoretical framework to reveal (a) what we currently know about the impact of cultural stressors on African immigrants' mental health and (b) coping strategies African immigrants utilize to persist in achieving positive health outcomes.
Conforming to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Extension for Scoping Review guidelines, this scoping review spans five interdisciplinary, health-focused databases and includes peer-reviewed articles published in English since 1980.
Covidence software was used to screen 2095 articles, review 129 full-text records, and extract data from the 22 studies that met criteria and focused on mental health. Participant and study characteristics (i.e., country of origin, generation, methodology, duration) are highlighted. The impact of discrimination on African immigrants' mental health was the dominant research focus. Congruent with cultural stress theory, negative context, bicultural stress, and immigration-related familial stress also negatively impact their mental health. Nevertheless, African immigrants utilize various coping strategies to achieve positive outcomes.
Mapping the existing evidence of immigrant cultural stress and mental health elucidates gaps for research and demonstrates that culturally relevant interventions ought to address immigration-related stressors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
在美国的非洲移民有着独特的经历和压力源，导致了不同的结果和差异。因此，研究文化压力源（如歧视、接纳的负面背景、双文化压力）对移民群体心理健康的影响，可为解释和确定可改变的目标以减少非洲移民的健康差异提供一个有用的框架。本综述通过应用文化压力理论框架，梳理了非洲移民文化压力方面的概念和方法知识，以揭示：（a）我们目前对文化压力源对非洲移民心理健康影响的了解；（b）非洲移民为持续实现积极健康结果所采用的应对策略。
根据系统评价和元分析扩展的范围综述首选报告项目指南，本范围综述涵盖了五个跨学科、以健康为重点的数据库，并包括自1980年以来以英文发表的同行评审文章。
使用Covidence软件筛选了2095篇文章，审查了129篇全文记录，并从符合标准且关注心理健康的22项研究中提取了数据。突出了参与者和研究的特征（即原籍国、代际、方法、持续时间）。歧视对非洲移民心理健康的影响是主要研究重点。与文化压力理论一致，负面背景、双文化压力和与移民相关的家庭压力也对他们的心理健康产生负面影响。然而，非洲移民采用各种应对策略来取得积极结果。
梳理移民文化压力与心理健康的现有证据，阐明了研究空白，并表明与文化相关的干预措施应解决与移民相关的压力源。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2024美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
