title: Gender Differences in Stressors Related to Migration and Acculturation in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders and Turkish Migration Background.
abstract: Migration, acculturation, and psychiatric disorders may cause stress and adaptation processes differently in men and women, but empirical research is scarce. In a retrospective study n = 62 Turkish migrants and n = 62 native German inpatients with depressive or anxiety disorders, matched for age, gender, and diagnoses, were compared using a 10-item instrument for the assessment of migration- and acculturation related stressors (MIGSTR10). Gender differences in the prevalence of stressors and in the total sum of stressors were calculated and compared between migrants and indigenous patients. Results showed a higher global stress level in migrants and in women than in men with migration background. Regarding single stressors, the perceived loss of status was significantly more prevalent and more pronounced in men than in women (P < 0.05) whereas guilt feelings were more severe in women with Turkish migration background compared to men (P < 0.05). Gender differences of perceived stress should be taken into account in migration and acculturation research.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany. mjmueller@gmx.de.|Vitos Clinical Centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Giessen-Marburg, Licher Strasse 106, 35394, Giessen, Germany. mjmueller@gmx.de.
authors.forename: Matthias Johannes
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: Vitos Clinical Centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Giessen-Marburg, Licher Strasse 106, 35394, Giessen, Germany.|Institute of European Ethnology and Cultural Studies, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Eckhardt
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Gender differences; Migration background; Migration-related stressors