Social Environment and Psychological Stress in Latin American Immigrant Women

American immigrant women ation bicultural Census changes Chicano Contentment with Network correlations Cultural Involvement cultural orientation Demoralization scores dependent variables Dohrenwend Ennervation ethnic Fairly often Sometimes father Frequency friends greater her psychological Head of Household Hinkle Hispanic husbands Hypothesis income indicating individuals interpersonal network Interpersonal Variables interviews ization Latin American cultures Latin American immigrant Latin American women level of acculturation Marital Status mental health Mexican American Mission District monocultural native country never Never Never Since last Number in Home Number Percent participants PERI Scales present study process of acculturation psycho psychological stress Puerto Rican questionnaires Regression regression analysis related to psychological related to symptom relationship revealed role sample scale measured significant social environment socioeconomic status Sometimes Almost never Stepwise Regression stress variables stressful events stressful life events symptom scores Szapocznik Table three variables tion Torres-Matrullo turation United woman women who reported