title: [Stress profile and chronic stress in Mexican immigrants in Canada].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Establishing an association between high chronic stress levels and variables considered to be negative regarding the stress profile for Mexican migrants living in Edmonton, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  A simple random technique was used for choosing the target population; the sample size involved 58 migrants. The Nowack Stress Profile and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to identify immigrants' stress symptoms during 2010-2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Chronic stress levels were classified as being 24 % high, 45 % medium and 21 % low. Statistical regression analysis determined that a stressful situation and threat minimisation were predictors for developing high levels of chronic stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stress situation and threat minimisation were predictors for developing high levels of chronic stress; migrant women (unlike males) tended not to use threat minimisation to deal with stress.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, fmartin@cucs.udg.mx.
authors.forename: Blanca E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Pozos-Radillo
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, fmartin@cucs.udg.mx.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilera-Velasco
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, fmartin@cucs.udg.mx.
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acosta-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, fmartin@cucs.udg.mx.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pando-Moreno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult