TY - JOUR
KW - emigration
KW - Gender
KW - Immigration
KW - physiological stress
AU - Elizabeth Pozos-Radillo
AU - Lourdes Preciado-Serrano
AU - Ana Plascencia-Campos
AB - Emigration is a stress-related phenomenon that is manifested depending on the losses perceived when leaving one s own country of origin. This article reports the relationship between perceived stress and psychophysiological symptoms, age, gender and years of residence of Mexican immigrants living in Edmonton, Canada. Two hundred and thirty seven randomly selected immigrants were surveyed during the year 2013. A relationship was found between perceived stress and physical symptoms (cold hands and feet, neck and backaches, and fatigue), psychological symptoms (feeling depressed, anxiety and insomnia), and female gender. Assessing the symptomology of perceived stress in immigrants  health, work, finance, family and social and environmental settings may offer an opportunity for efficient intervention.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal Article
N2 - Emigration is a stress-related phenomenon that is manifested depending on the losses perceived when leaving one s own country of origin. This article reports the relationship between perceived stress and psychophysiological symptoms, age, gender and years of residence of Mexican immigrants living in Edmonton, Canada. Two hundred and thirty seven randomly selected immigrants were surveyed during the year 2013. A relationship was found between perceived stress and physical symptoms (cold hands and feet, neck and backaches, and fatigue), psychological symptoms (feeling depressed, anxiety and insomnia), and female gender. Assessing the symptomology of perceived stress in immigrants  health, work, finance, family and social and environmental settings may offer an opportunity for efficient intervention.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2015
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 143
EP - 156
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Psychophysiological symptoms predictive of stress in Mexican immigrants in Canada
VL - 21
ER -