TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived social support correlated with parent mental health
T2 - self-report among urban immigrant parents of young children (Birth-5)
AU - Lu, Huan Tang
AU - Edwards, Nicole Megan
AU - Isik-Ercan, Zeynep
AU - Fall, Madjiguene
AU - Sebti, Latifa
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Social integration is a unique and unavoidable process that immigrant populations must work through in the host country. Specifically, social support plays an important role in promoting mental wellness for immigrant parents with young children. The objective of this study was to investigate how social support impacts the mental health of urban immigrant parents. This cross-sectional study recruited 54 bilingual immigrant parents using community-based sampling in a highly urban city in the North Atlantic Region of the U.S. Participants completed surveys that included the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Descriptive statistics, T-tests, and correlational analyses were performed using IBM SPSS version 28. Two major findings include: (a) an urgent need to attend to the mental health of immigrant communities; and (b) the importance of social support, specifically support from outside of family, in immigrants’ wellness. We provided suggestions for collaboration and investigations on best practices to support this population.
AB - Social integration is a unique and unavoidable process that immigrant populations must work through in the host country. Specifically, social support plays an important role in promoting mental wellness for immigrant parents with young children. The objective of this study was to investigate how social support impacts the mental health of urban immigrant parents. This cross-sectional study recruited 54 bilingual immigrant parents using community-based sampling in a highly urban city in the North Atlantic Region of the U.S. Participants completed surveys that included the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Descriptive statistics, T-tests, and correlational analyses were performed using IBM SPSS version 28. Two major findings include: (a) an urgent need to attend to the mental health of immigrant communities; and (b) the importance of social support, specifically support from outside of family, in immigrants’ wellness. We provided suggestions for collaboration and investigations on best practices to support this population.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12144-025-07451-5
DO - 10.1007/s12144-025-07451-5
M3 - Article
SN - 1046-1310
JO - Current Psychology
JF - Current Psychology
ER -