Experiences of cultural stress among U.S. citizen migrants: A mixed method approach.

ABSTRACT: On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, devastating the archipelago and forcing thousands of Puerto Ricans to migrate to the U.S. mainland. Guided by a cultural stress theory framework, the present mixed method study examined how various cultural stressors impact participants' daily interactions and mental health outcomes. A total of 319 adult Hurricane Maria survivors residing on the U.S. mainland participated in the study. A mixed method sequential explanatory design was used. First, we used latent profile analysis (LPA) and multinomial logistic regression to identify the varied cultural stress experiences that participants had. Then we used data from semistructured interviews to better understand the experiences of participants classified into the different

SUBMITTER: Pineros-Leano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324853 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature