Abstract

Objective

To examine perceived stress in migrants guided by Bornstein’s Specificity Principle in Acculturation Science (BSPAS) theoretical framework.

Design

Using a cross-sectional study, we recruited English-language migrants (n = 411) living in Israel to respond to an online questionnaire during the COVID-19 pandemic, from 3 April to 16 May 2020.

Main Outcome Measures

The dependent variable comprised the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) scores, which attained an internal consistency of 0.91 in this sample.

Results

PSS scores were related to lower age (p < 0.0001), being single (p = 0.0095), not possessing high (p = 0.0069) or medium resilience (p = 0.0002), reporting below average SES (p = 0.0196), being “extremely” worried about getting COVID-19 (p < 0.0001), and having high health literacy (p = 0.0007). Additionally, the interaction between health literacy and resilience (p < 0.0001) showed that migrants with high resilience and high health literacy had the lowest perceived stress; and migrants with low resilience and high health literacy had the highest perceived stress.

Conclusions

Interventions are needed to assist migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The optimal intervention will aim to address the psychological distress while increasing both health literacy and resilience.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 大流行期间以色列移民的健康素养、复原力和感知压力

摘要

客观的

在伯恩斯坦的文化适应科学特异性原则 (BSPAS) 理论框架的指导下，检查移民的感知压力。

设计

通过横断面研究，我们招募了居住在以色列的英语移民 (n = 411)，以在 2020 年 4 月 3 日至 5 月 16 日 COVID-19 大流行期间回答在线问卷调查。

主要观察指标

因变量包括感知压力量表 (PSS) 分数，在该样本中达到 0.91 的内部一致性。

结果

PSS 分数与较低年龄 (p < 0.0001)、单身 (p = 0.0095)、不具备高 (p = 0.0069) 或中等弹性 (p = 0.0002)、报告低于平均 SES (p = 0.0196)、“非常”担心感染 COVID-19 (p < 0.0001) 和具有较高的健康素养 (p = 0.0007)。此外，健康素养和复原力之间的交互作用（p < 0.0001）表明，具有高复原力和高健康素养的移民的感知压力最低；复原力低、健康素养高的移民感受到的压力最大。

结论

在 COVID-19 大流行期间需要采取干预措施来帮助移民。最佳干预旨在解决心理困扰，同时提高健康素养和复原力。