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Life Quality of University Students From Immigrant Families in the United States
Author(s) -
Bakhtiari Farin,
Benner Aprile D.,
Plunkett Scott W.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/fcsr.12260
Subject(s) - immigration , quality (philosophy) , sociology , mathematics education , gerontology , political science , psychology , medicine , physics , law , quantum mechanics
The numbers of university students from immigrant families have been increasing in the United States, yet little research exists on factors influencing their life quality. Self‐report data were collected from 2,210 students from one university in California. Direct effects of four contextual stressors (i.e., ethnic discrimination, parent–child cultural conflict, family disengagement, and family financial stress) were examined in relation to life quality. Also, the potential moderating and mediating role of perceived stress was examined, as well as the potential moderating role of students' generational status. The results provided strong support for mediation, showing contextual stressors influenced students' life quality through their perceived stress. Some evidence was found for moderation, showing the complex role of perceived stress. Generational status did not play a moderating role.