title: Beyond Trauma: Post-resettlement Factors and Mental Health Outcomes Among Latino and Asian Refugees in the United States.
abstract: War-related traumas impact refugees' mental health. Recent literature suggests that structural and sociocultural factors related to the resettlement also become critical in shaping refugees' mental health. So far, there is limited empirical evidence to support this claim among resettled refugees. Resettlement contextual factors that influence mental health outcomes were examined using Latino and Asian refugees (n = 656) from a nationally representative survey. Linear and logistic regressions predicted factors associated with the study's outcomes (self-reported mental health, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders). Post-resettlement traumas were significantly associated with mental health outcomes, but pre-resettlement traumas were not. Unemployment, everyday discrimination, and limited English were significantly associated with mental health outcomes among both Latino and Asian refugees. The outcomes indicate that resettlement contextual factors have a significant association with refugees' mental health. Therefore, future studies with refugees must pay closer attention to structural and sociocultural factors after resettlement.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 685 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA. isokkim@buffalo.edu.
authors.forename: Isok
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1708-7221
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D000067073:Psychological Trauma / Q000208:ethnology*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014857:Warfare
keywords: Asians; Latinos; Refugees; Social determinants of mental health; Trauma