Among several difficulties associated with immigration, acculturation process has been
recognized as one of the main stressors and one of the major risk factors associated in the
incidence of mental disorders. The strategies adopted by individuals to deal with the
acculturation process appear to be predictive of different mental health outcomes. This
exploratory study investigated the relationship between acculturation strategies and the
occurrence of symptoms of depression in the context of the Brazilian immigrant community
living in the Greater Toronto Area. The results demonstrated that Separation and Assimilation
were the predominant strategies for this sample and that acculturation strategies failed to serve as
significant predictors of depression scores. However, participants with Separation as their
predominant acculturation strategy exhibited higher depressive symptom endorsement. The
significance of these findings in the context of previous research as well as its implications for
future research and critical multicultural practice in mental health are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/11137 |
| Date | 30 July 2008 |
| Creators | Costa, Iara Regina Da |
| Contributors | Moodley, Roy |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1158002 bytes, application/pdf |
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