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Predictors of acculturative hassles among Vietnamese refugees in Norway

Results from a long-term longitudinal study

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ID2395054
AuthorsL Tingvold (0000-0003-0908-1743, University of Oslo, corresponding author), Aina Basilier Vaage (Stavanger University Hospital), James Allen (0000-0002-3084-7785, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus), Tore Wentzel-Larsen (0000-0002-0318-4162, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) and Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway), Thong Van Ta (International House Foundation), Edvard Hauff (University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital)
Year2015
Volume52
Issue5
Pages700-714
Publication date2015-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461515572208
PMID25717075
OpenAlexW2093303991
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited32

We investigated acculturative hassles in a community cohort of Vietnamese refugees in Norway ( n = 61), exploring cross-sectional data and longitudinal predictors of acculturative hassles using data from their arrival in Norway in 1982 (T1), with follow up in 1985 (T2) and in 2005-2006 (T3). To our knowledge, this is the first longitudinal study of predictors of acculturative hassles in a refugee population. Results indicated that more communication problems and less Norwegian language competence were related to most hassles at T3. Higher psychological distress, lower quality of life, lower self-reported state of health, and less education at T3 were associated with higher levels of hassles at T3. More psychological distress at T2 and less education at arrival (T1) were significant predictors for more acculturative hassles at T3. These data suggest that addressing psychological distress during the early phase in a resettlement country may promote long-term refugee adjustment and, in particular, reduce exposure to acculturative hassles

Acculturation · Ethnic group · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Norwegian · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Refugee · Vietnamese · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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