Sociocultural Adaptation Among Immigrants Health

As mentioned earlier, sociocultural adaptation are linked more towards the social skills and these social skills will determine the psychological outcome a person (Hernandez, 2009). This explains that, psychological adaptation is an important issue for immigrants’ health. As previous research has consistently demonstrated that immigrants suffer from higher levels of emotional distress and poorer mental health than the host populations (Maydell-Stevens, Masggoret, & Ward, 2007).
Poor adaptation patterns among immigrants relate to increased levels of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and other psychological problems (Maydell-Stevens, Masggoret, & Ward, 2007). Linking the sociocultural adaptation theory and Beck’s depression theory, it