The Immigration Paradox: Exploring Filipino American Psychological Distress

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dc.contributor.authorVila, Leighton Kenjien
dc.contributor.committeechairHughes, Michael D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKiecolt, K. Jillen
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, Russell T.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T19:50:59Zen
dc.date.adate2012-06-05en
dc.date.available2017-04-04T19:50:59Zen
dc.date.issued2012-05-03en
dc.date.rdate2016-10-18en
dc.date.sdate2012-05-11en
dc.description.abstractThe immigrant paradox is the empirical trend that immigrants have better mental health than second and subsequent generations. Mossakowski (2007) found that Filipinos follow this trend, and using the same data this study builds upon the previous research by examining the relationship between cultural (ethnic identification, native language) and structural (nativity, age at immigration, and poverty in city of birth) variables. The results indicate that cultural variables are important in understanding psychological distress among Filipino Americans. Relative deprivation was not associated with psychological distress, and the effect of selective migration is explained away when language and ethnic identification are controlled. Use of native language benefits U.S. born and adult immigrant Filipinos, but is damaging to child immigrants with low ethnic identification. Suggestions for future research are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05112012-163445en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05112012-163445/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/77016en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFilipino Americansen
dc.subjectpsychological distressen
dc.subjectimmigrationen
dc.subjectnative languageen
dc.subjectethnic identificationen
dc.titleThe Immigration Paradox: Exploring Filipino American Psychological Distressen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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