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Family support and help seeking behavior of Colombian immigrants.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Family support and help seeking behavior of Colombian immigrants./
Author:	Gonzalez-Eastep, Diana.
Description:	210 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-10, Section: B, page: 6992.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-10B.
Subject:	Health Sciences, Mental Health. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3283879
ISBN:	9780549273615

Family support and help seeking behavior of Colombian immigrants.
Gonzalez-Eastep, Diana.

Family support and help seeking behavior of Colombian immigrants. - 210 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-10, Section: B, page: 6992.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston College, 2007.

Studies on Latinos have demonstrated that social systems such as family and friends are factors leading to the underutilization of mental health services. Specifically, studies have indicated that collectively Latinos have a strong family orientation valuing close relationships, stressing interdependence, cohesiveness, and cooperation among family members. Additionally, family closeness is maintained even by Latino families that are highly acculturated. However, despite sharing common characteristics such as language, family connection, and religion, there can be significant within and between group variability among Latinos. Presently, Colombian immigrants are poised to become the fourth largest Latino group in the US, and very little research on the mental health needs of this emerging group has been conducted. This study sought to document the family and social network of Colombian immigrants and provide a baseline measure of their mental health functioning with the goal of examining how family support impacts mental health. Participants were 135 Colombian immigrants (50 males, 85 females) with a mean age of 40.7 years recruited from the Boston area. Participants were administered measures assessing mental health, acculturation, social support from friends and family, religiousness, and physical health. Analyses indicated Colombian immigrants had high levels of family cohesion, perceived social support, and religiousness. Although Colombian immigrants did not have clinically significant levels of depression and anxiety, their scores were at critical cutoff points for both measures. With regard to acculturation, Colombian immigrants had low levels of acculturation and slightly elevated levels of acculturative stress, which directly related to their mental health. Additionally, high levels of family cohesion and perceived social support were found to relate to decreased depression and anxiety, and increased self-esteem. Moreover, willingness to seeking help was not found to be a good predictor of mental health functioning. Mental health functioning was best predicted by an individual's physical health, acculturative stress, and family cohesion These results provide a baseline measure of Colombian immigrants psychological functioning and identify factors directly impacting their mental health. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

ISBN: 9780549273615Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017693
Health Sciences, Mental Health.

Family support and help seeking behavior of Colombian immigrants.
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