Acculturative stress in Asian immigrants: The impact of social and linguistic factors

The purpose of this study was to investigate which linguistic and social constructs predict acculturative stress in a nationally representative sample of Asian immigrants and Asian Americans. The participants in this study were 2095 Asians who were recruited between May 2002 and November 2003 as part of the larger NLAAS survey. The participants took part in face-to-face interviews, which were conducted with computer-assisted interviewing software in Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and English. Data were analyzed using a logistic regression model. Prior to analysis missing variables were imputed. The results show that English language proficiency, native language proficiency, discrimination, family cohesion and the context of migration exit are the strongest predictors of acculturative stress.