Hauck F, Borho A, Romero Gibu L, Atal MR, Dederer S, Bendel P, Morawa E, Erim Y, Jansen S, Rohleder N (2024)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2024
Book Volume: 10
Pages Range: 1-12
URI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623524000497
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100260
Open Access Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623524000497
Immigrants are exposed to a variety of stressors, such as ethnic discrimination, and therefore experience a higher risk of developing adverse health outcomes. However, the role of potentially protective psychological factors is not well-studied. The present study addresses the question how discrimination and institutional verbal violence (IVV)1 are associated with chronic stress in an immigrant sample. In addition, this study highlights moderating effects of migration-specific variables (first or second migration generation and citizenship status).
Participants (n = 232; 69.4 % female) completed an online-survey, which included demographics, questionnaires
(Everyday Discrimination Scale, EDS; Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-4; Resilience Scale, RS-11; Self-
Compassion Scale, SCS-SF) as well as a self-developed questionnaire on institutional verbal violence. Only
participants living in Germany with migration background (self or one parent migrated to Germany) were included.
Results showed that perceived discrimination and institutional verbal violence were highly associated with
chronic stress. Further, self-compassion buffered the connection between discrimination and stress, whereas
resilience was no protective factor. The inclusion of migration-specific variables showed that the secondgeneration sub-group experienced less discrimination-related stress and self-compassion was shown to be particularly protective within this sub-group. Citizenship status did not appear to be a moderator, but especially persons with temporary or permanent residence status, compared to German/EU-citizens, reported higher values of verbal violence and discrimination-related stress.
These findings highlight the importance of considering not only psychological but also structural and societal
protective and risk factors, as they may be differentially associated with immigrants’ stress perceptions. Implications for future research and practical implementations are presented.
APA:
Hauck, F., Borho, A., Romero Gibu, L., Atal, M.R., Dederer, S., Bendel, P.,... Rohleder, N. (2024). The association of perceived ethnic discrimination and institutional verbal violence with chronic stress in an immigrant sample: The role of protective factors - results from the VIOLIN study. Journal of Migration and Health, 10, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100260
MLA:
Hauck, Felicitas, et al. "The association of perceived ethnic discrimination and institutional verbal violence with chronic stress in an immigrant sample: The role of protective factors - results from the VIOLIN study." Journal of Migration and Health 10 (2024): 1-12.
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