The Role of Acculturative Stress on Mental Health Symptoms for Immigrant Adolescence

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The Role of Acculturative Stress on Mental Health Symptoms for Immigrant Adolescence
Adolescent immigrants characterize the rapidly growing section of the youth populace in the US. They represent a majority of students in many urban schools. This research explores the trajectory of embodying mental health indications like anxiety and depression among the contributors interviewed (Sirin et al., 2013). The participants’ ethnic and generational backgrounds reflected the urban centers’ overall demographics. Results indicate the significant decline in incorporating mental health issues during the years in high school. Additionally, subjection to acculturative stress foretold more withdrawn depression, anxiety, and somatic stress. Generational status and gender alterations in internalizing mental health issues were as well identified. This study is relatable to the mental health topic we tackled in class.
In the United States, at least one in four adolescents form part of an immigrant family. These immigrant youths represent a majority of the student population in public schools. There is substantial stress involved in the high school journey. The immigrants face day-to-day challenges of living in underprivileged neighborhoods and going to schools with little resources (Sirin et al., 2013). Immigrant youth who reside in urban areas experience acculturative stress. It is established that acculturative stress increases the risk of a lot of mental health signs, including depression, elevated anger levels, and alienation. Throughout the study of this research, I failed to note mental health awareness description. Promoting mental health awareness helps understand symptoms, find professional treatment, and break the mental health stigma (Haavik et al., 2017). The study should have included the creation of awareness for the affected parties.
In this research, I was interested to find out why the primary focus was on immigrant adolescents. Youth aged between twelve years and twenty years are the most vulnerable to mental health. Ideally, immigrants are not originally from the United States (Sirin et al., 2013). However, immigrant youth face language barriers, cultural differences, and impoverished living, thus, contributing to acculturative stress and mental health sicknesses.
Report of the APA Presidential Task Force on Immigration
A lot of immigrants familiarize themselves well and prosper in their current living circumstances. They navigate various sociocultural contexts in constructive ways that contribute to their comfort and accomplishments in the US (Ruiz et al., 2013). Research suggests that immigrants who were born in the United States experience less psychological pain. Voluntary immigrants are more robust than the nonimmigrant population. However, particular susceptible immigrant subpopulations, like older adults, refugees, and the LGBT populace, are more likely to face further stressors, thus negatively influencing their mental health. This research familiarizes us with the mental health subject we did in class.
Many immigrants, when faced with mental health problems, they are particular to the immigrat...