title: Global contexts, social capital, and acculturative stress: experiences of Indian immigrant men in New York City.
abstract: Immigrants depend on within-group social networks for social support during the acculturation process. Within-group social networks are linked to higher mutual concern and reciprocity, lower acculturative stress, and lower depression among immigrants Studies are limited, however, about immigrants' social support in the contexts of global connectedness and transnational connectivity. Grounded in social capital approach and immigrant health framework, this qualitative, community-based study examined the social networks of immigrant men from India to New York City. Drawing upon the participants' narratives, the author illustrates the ways that social capital influences social networking and acculturative stress in post-immigration sociocultural contexts along with its implications for community-based interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, PO Box 2460, Jonesboro, AR 72467, USA. gbhattacharya@astate.edu
authors.forename: Gauri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult