Acculturation and mental health--empirical verification of J.W. Berry's model of acculturative stress.
Udgivelsesdato: 2004-null OBJECTIVES: Many studies concerning mental health among ethnic minorities have used the concept of acculturation as a model of explanation, in particular J.W. Berry's model of acculturative stress. But Berry's theory has only been empirically verified few times. T...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/9acba9a0-c6bd-11dd-a428-000ea68e967b 2024-05-19T07:39:01+00:00 Acculturation and mental health--empirical verification of J.W. Berry's model of acculturative stress. Koch, M W Bjerregaard, P Curtis, C 2004-01-01 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/9acba9a0-c6bd-11dd-a428-000ea68e967b https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17939 eng eng https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/9acba9a0-c6bd-11dd-a428-000ea68e967b info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Koch , M W , Bjerregaard , P & Curtis , C 2004 , ' Acculturation and mental health--empirical verification of J.W. Berry's model of acculturative stress. ' , International Journal of Circumpolar Health , vol. 63 , no. Suppl 2 , pp. 371-376 . https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17939 Acculturation Denmark Empirical Research Greenland Humans Logistic Models Mental Health Models Psychological Stress article 2004 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17939 2024-05-01T00:14:11Z Udgivelsesdato: 2004-null OBJECTIVES: Many studies concerning mental health among ethnic minorities have used the concept of acculturation as a model of explanation, in particular J.W. Berry's model of acculturative stress. But Berry's theory has only been empirically verified few times. The aims of the study were to examine whether Berry's hypothesis about the connection between acculturation and mental health can be empirically verified for Greenlanders living in Denmark and to analyse whether acculturation plays a significant role for mental health among Greenlanders living in Denmark. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The study used data from the 1999 Health Profile for Greenlanders in Denmark. As measure of mental health we applied the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Acculturation was assessed from answers to questions about how the respondents value the fact that children maintain their traditional cultural identity as Greenlander and how well the respondents speak Greenlandic and Danish. The statistical methods included binary logistic regression. RESULTS: We found no connection between Berry's definition of acculturation and mental health among Greenlanders in Denmark. On the other hand, our findings showed a significant relation between mental health and gender, age, marital position, occupation and long-term illness. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that acculturation in the way Berry defines it plays a lesser role for mental health among Greenlanders in Denmark than socio-demographic and socio-economic factors. Therefore we cannot empirically verify Berry's hypothesis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health Greenland greenlander* greenlandic International Journal of Circumpolar Health University of Southern Denmark Research Portal International Journal of Circumpolar Health 63 sup2 371 376 |
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Udgivelsesdato: 2004-null OBJECTIVES: Many studies concerning mental health among ethnic minorities have used the concept of acculturation as a model of explanation, in particular J.W. Berry's model of acculturative stress. But Berry's theory has only been empirically verified few times. The aims of the study were to examine whether Berry's hypothesis about the connection between acculturation and mental health can be empirically verified for Greenlanders living in Denmark and to analyse whether acculturation plays a significant role for mental health among Greenlanders living in Denmark. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The study used data from the 1999 Health Profile for Greenlanders in Denmark. As measure of mental health we applied the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Acculturation was assessed from answers to questions about how the respondents value the fact that children maintain their traditional cultural identity as Greenlander and how well the respondents speak Greenlandic and Danish. The statistical methods included binary logistic regression. RESULTS: We found no connection between Berry's definition of acculturation and mental health among Greenlanders in Denmark. On the other hand, our findings showed a significant relation between mental health and gender, age, marital position, occupation and long-term illness. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that acculturation in the way Berry defines it plays a lesser role for mental health among Greenlanders in Denmark than socio-demographic and socio-economic factors. Therefore we cannot empirically verify Berry's hypothesis. |
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Acculturation and mental health--empirical verification of J.W. Berry's model of acculturative stress. |
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