Book
Factors affecting psychological distress within the Hmong refugee community
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 4, 15, 188
By: Cappelletty, Gordon Guy, II.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Hmong refugees in Merced County, California and factors that have contributed to psychological distress in this group in the process of adapting to American culture. To study this phenomenon questionnaires were administered to a sample of the Hmong community, and the results were analyzed statistically. The findings indicate that migration variables, such as the number of months spent in a refugee camp, were significant influences in the level of distress within the sample group. In addition, three other main processes were operative in adaptation: the learned helplessness process, the family influences constellation, and the Americanization process. 'While the learned helplessness process and the family influences constellation produced similar types of distress, the Americanization process was relatively unique in the manner in which individuals adapted. In addition, it was found that bicultural individuals experienced less distress and were generally better adjusted than either individuals who held more traditional beliefs or those who had become Americanized' (p. 146).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Interviewing in research
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Drives and emotions
- Personality disorders
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North American Hmong
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1975-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Merced County, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Gordon Guy Cappelletty, II
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno, 1986
- UM 8709362
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans