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Article: Advantages of being bicultural: Acculturation and mental health among rural-urban migrants in China
Title | Advantages of being bicultural: Acculturation and mental health among rural-urban migrants in China |
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Keywords | Rural-urban migrants Acculturation Mental health Social support Socioeconomic status |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cities |
Citation | Cities, 2021, v. 119, p. article no. 103357 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Acculturation is of great interest in research on immigrants' health. However, few studies have addressed this association for internal migrants in developing countries. Using data from a survey of rural-urban migrants in 2015-2016 in Guangdong, China, this paper goes beyond examining the link between acculturation and mental health and explores possible mediating roles of social support, perceived stress, and socioeconomic status (SES) for this association. The mediating effects of social support and SES are partially confirmed and allow us to explain bicultural migrants' advantages in mental health. Our findings carry important policy implications. To improve their mental health, migrants should be encouraged to maintain rural culture and to acculturate to urban culture. Our results suggest that, as migrants become integrated into the host society, they attain higher socioeconomic status but at the expense of losing social support from fellow villagers or fellow migrants. Thus, finding ways to strengthen and develop social support for migrants while facilitating their integration will be beneficial to their mental health. Urban governments should develop migrant-sensitive health systems/programmes and provide culturally sensitive mental health services for rural-urban migrants in the future. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308242 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.733 |
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dc.contributor.author | Yue, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, B | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fong, E | - |
dc.contributor.author | Feldman, MW | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-12T13:44:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-12T13:44:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Cities, 2021, v. 119, p. article no. 103357 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0264-2751 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308242 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Acculturation is of great interest in research on immigrants' health. However, few studies have addressed this association for internal migrants in developing countries. Using data from a survey of rural-urban migrants in 2015-2016 in Guangdong, China, this paper goes beyond examining the link between acculturation and mental health and explores possible mediating roles of social support, perceived stress, and socioeconomic status (SES) for this association. The mediating effects of social support and SES are partially confirmed and allow us to explain bicultural migrants' advantages in mental health. Our findings carry important policy implications. To improve their mental health, migrants should be encouraged to maintain rural culture and to acculturate to urban culture. Our results suggest that, as migrants become integrated into the host society, they attain higher socioeconomic status but at the expense of losing social support from fellow villagers or fellow migrants. Thus, finding ways to strengthen and develop social support for migrants while facilitating their integration will be beneficial to their mental health. Urban governments should develop migrant-sensitive health systems/programmes and provide culturally sensitive mental health services for rural-urban migrants in the future. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cities | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Cities | - |
dc.subject | Rural-urban migrants | - |
dc.subject | Acculturation | - |
dc.subject | Mental health | - |
dc.subject | Social support | - |
dc.subject | Socioeconomic status | - |
dc.title | Advantages of being bicultural: Acculturation and mental health among rural-urban migrants in China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Fong, E: ewcfong@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Fong, E=rp02643 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103357 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85111583112 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 329522 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 119 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 103357 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 103357 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000705333600012 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |