Acculturative Stress, Social Support, and Identity Integration: Studying Psychological Health Among University Students with an Immigrant Background

Poster Session VII - Research Proposal Posters

Keyword: Psychopathology

Abstract: Our proposed study examines the psychological health of immigrant-background university students, exploring how social support and bicultural identity integration buffer depression and anxiety. Using validated scales in an online undergraduate survey, we hypothesize lower psychopathology and higher self-esteem among supported, integrated students, with first-generation immigrant students experiencing greater acculturative stress.

• Namrata Poola (Presenting Author)
• Wakana Matsumoto (Author)
• Alecco Walli (Author)
• Lana Bohsali (Author)
• Joseph Awad (Author)
• Yuna Shegai (Author)