TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Acculturative Stress on the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth
T2 - A Scoping Literature Review
AU - Lerias, Doukessa
AU - Ziaian, Tahereh
AU - Miller, Emily
AU - Arthur, Nancy
AU - Augoustinos, Martha
AU - Pir, Tara
PY - 2024/9/6
Y1 - 2024/9/6
N2 - Acculturation after settlement has been identified as a risk factor affecting the mental health of immigrant youth. Increasing rates of immigration and expanding populations of immigrant youth mean that addressing their mental is a priority. Acculturative stress is the stress-response resulting from the effects of multiple stressors that result from the need to acculturate. Among youth within the developmental stages of late adolescence and emerging adulthood, increased sensitivity to stress, and developmental demands, impact their mental health. The effects of acculturative stress place an additional burden on the mental health of immigrant youth. This scoping review examined existing literature that investigated a variety of relationships between acculturative stress and youth mental health. A comprehensive search strategy that focused on studies involving youth, mainly aged between 15-24, with a proximal history of international migration, published between 2012-2022, resulted in a collection of fifty-three studies. This review examined significant relationships between acculturative stress and major depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, substance misuse, behavioural problems and poor psychological wellbeing. This scoping review was truly explorative as it included youth from immigrant minorities, had no geographical limits, and included various study designs. Acculturative stress continues to be an important contributor to the mental health of youth who have a proximal history of international migration. This review provided an exploration of the state of research, identified the importance of the settlement context, and provided recommendations for the direction of future studies, supportive policies, and practice considerations, related to the mental health of immigrant youth.
AB - Acculturation after settlement has been identified as a risk factor affecting the mental health of immigrant youth. Increasing rates of immigration and expanding populations of immigrant youth mean that addressing their mental is a priority. Acculturative stress is the stress-response resulting from the effects of multiple stressors that result from the need to acculturate. Among youth within the developmental stages of late adolescence and emerging adulthood, increased sensitivity to stress, and developmental demands, impact their mental health. The effects of acculturative stress place an additional burden on the mental health of immigrant youth. This scoping review examined existing literature that investigated a variety of relationships between acculturative stress and youth mental health. A comprehensive search strategy that focused on studies involving youth, mainly aged between 15-24, with a proximal history of international migration, published between 2012-2022, resulted in a collection of fifty-three studies. This review examined significant relationships between acculturative stress and major depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, substance misuse, behavioural problems and poor psychological wellbeing. This scoping review was truly explorative as it included youth from immigrant minorities, had no geographical limits, and included various study designs. Acculturative stress continues to be an important contributor to the mental health of youth who have a proximal history of international migration. This review provided an exploration of the state of research, identified the importance of the settlement context, and provided recommendations for the direction of future studies, supportive policies, and practice considerations, related to the mental health of immigrant youth.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Acculturative stress
KW - Emerging adulthood
KW - Immigration
KW - Late adolescence
KW - Youth mental health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203193049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/LP190100740
U2 - 10.1007/s10597-024-01351-x
DO - 10.1007/s10597-024-01351-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85203193049
SN - 0010-3853
JO - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL
JF - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL
ER -