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POZOS-RADILLO, Blanca E.; AGUILERA-VELASCO, María; ACOSTA-FERNANDEZ, Martín  y  PANDO-MORENO, Manuel. Stress profile and chronic stress in Mexican immigrants in Canada. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.1, pp.63-75. ISSN 0124-0064.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v16n1.35812.

Objective Establishing an association between high chronic stress levels and variables considered to be negative regarding the stress profile for Mexican migrants living in Edmonton, Canada. Methods A simple random technique was used for choosing the target population; the sample size involved 58 migrants. The Nowack Stress Profile and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to identify immigrants' stress symptoms during 2010-2011. Results Chronic stress levels were classified as being 24 % high, 45 % medium and 21 % low. Statistical regression analysis determined that a stressful situation and threat minimisation were predictors for developing high levels of chronic stress. Conclusions Stress situation and threat minimisation were predictors for developing high levels of chronic stress; migrant women (unlike males) tended not to use threat minimisation to deal with stress.

Palabras clave : Psychological stress; emigrant; immigrant; Mexico; Canada.

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