Transnational Ties and Mental Health of Caribbean Immigrants
dc.contributor.author | Murphy, Eleanor J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mahalingam, Ramaswami | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T15:28:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T15:28:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Murphy, Eleanor J.; Mahalingam, Ramaswami; (2004). "Transnational Ties and Mental Health of Caribbean Immigrants." Journal of Immigrant Health 6(4): 167-178. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44944> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1096-4045 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-3629 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44944 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=16228699&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Immigration scholars have demonstrated the increasing importance of transnational activities among contemporary immigrants. While much of the previous research has emphasized social and economic outcomes, very little attention has been paid to psychological well-being or mental health. Using a community sample of West Indian immigrants, we developed an empirical measure of the nature and frequency of transnational practices. The resulting Transnationalism Scale is examined for psychometric properties using an exploratory principal components factor analysis, and bivariate correlations with pre-existing measures of psychological well-being, perceived social support, and ethnic identity. Results reveal five factors, some of which are significantly correlated with measures of psychological well-being, social support, and ethnic identity. Findings suggest that transnationalism, as a construct, is a valid measure for this population. We argue that transnational ties shape various aspects of immigrants' lives. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Immigrant | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Scale | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Mental Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Medicine & Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Transnationalism | en_US |
dc.subject.other | West Indians | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Support | en_US |
dc.title | Transnational Ties and Mental Health of Caribbean Immigrants | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 16228699 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44944/1/10903_2004_Article_NY00000300.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOIH.0000045254.71331.5e | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Immigrant Health | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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