Predictors of quality of life of Portuguese Americans: identity, acculturation, and religiosity

Utilising the Multicultural Assessment-Intervention Process (MAIP) framework, the present study examined the effects of acculturation, ethnic identity, and religiosity on Portuguese Americans’ perceptions of their quality of life. Several culturally-sensitive variables were used to predict quality o...

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VerfasserInnen: Pinheiro Rocha, Thelma (VerfasserIn) ; Gamst, Glenn (VerfasserIn) ; Meyers, Lawrence (VerfasserIn) ; Der-Karabetian, Aghop (VerfasserIn) ; Magina, Fatima (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis 2018
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Jahr: 2018, Band: 21, Heft: 8, Seiten: 780-796
weitere Schlagwörter:B Acculturation
B Portuguese Americans
B Ethnic Identity
B MAIP model
B Religiosity
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Zusammenfassung:Utilising the Multicultural Assessment-Intervention Process (MAIP) framework, the present study examined the effects of acculturation, ethnic identity, and religiosity on Portuguese Americans’ perceptions of their quality of life. Several culturally-sensitive variables were used to predict quality of life attitudes among a convenience sample of 305 Portuguese American adults. A structural model with quality of life as the outcome variable, Portuguese identity as the predictor, and Anglo orientation and religious faith as separate mediators was tested and a simple mediation structure involving religious faith was confirmed. While Portuguese identity predicts quality of life directly, when religious faith was added into the model as a mediator, much of the predictive value of Portuguese identity on quality of life was funnelled through religious faith. Implications for future Portuguese American research were discussed.
ISSN:1469-9737
Enthält:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2018.1551341