Abstract
The present study examined the impact of prearrival traumatic experiences and sociodemographic characteristics on future depression among Vietnamese and Chinese refugees from Vietnam. This is a longitudinal study of newly arrived refugees from Vietnam undergoing a mandatory health screening. A stratified consecutive sample of ethnic Chinese and ethnic Vietnamese refugees was drawn. The depression subscale of the Indochinese Hopkins symptoms checklist was administered to 114 refugees within the first 6 months after arrival in the United States und 12 to 18 months later. Ethnic Vietnamese reported more prearrival trauma compared with ethnic Chinese. Age was strongly correlated with time 2 depression among ethnic Vietnamese but not among ethnic Chinese. Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that being a veteran, older, unattached, less proficient in English, ethnic Vietnamese, and more depressed at baseline predicted higher depression at follow-up. Although prearrival trauma predicted future depression, other sociodemographic characteristics assumed more importance with time.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 39-45 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease |
| Volume | 185 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Predictors of depression among refugees from Vietnam : A longitudinal study of new arrivals. / Hinton, W Ladson; Tiet, Quyen; Tran, Carolee Giaouyen; Chesney, Margaret.
In: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 185, No. 1, 01.1997, p. 39-45.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Hinton, W Ladson
AU - Tiet, Quyen
AU - Tran, Carolee Giaouyen
AU - Chesney, Margaret
PY - 1997/1
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AB - The present study examined the impact of prearrival traumatic experiences and sociodemographic characteristics on future depression among Vietnamese and Chinese refugees from Vietnam. This is a longitudinal study of newly arrived refugees from Vietnam undergoing a mandatory health screening. A stratified consecutive sample of ethnic Chinese and ethnic Vietnamese refugees was drawn. The depression subscale of the Indochinese Hopkins symptoms checklist was administered to 114 refugees within the first 6 months after arrival in the United States und 12 to 18 months later. Ethnic Vietnamese reported more prearrival trauma compared with ethnic Chinese. Age was strongly correlated with time 2 depression among ethnic Vietnamese but not among ethnic Chinese. Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that being a veteran, older, unattached, less proficient in English, ethnic Vietnamese, and more depressed at baseline predicted higher depression at follow-up. Although prearrival trauma predicted future depression, other sociodemographic characteristics assumed more importance with time.
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