Variables related to perceived stress and resilience among international migrants: a multicenter study (AFFAIR Project).
Mayckel da Silva Barreto, Maria do Céu Barbieri-Figueiredo, Francisca Maria Garcia-Padilla and 7 others
PMID 39607883WHAT IT FOUND
Migrants in Brazil or Portugal, those in host country under five years, Black or Brown people, and those reporting no religion had higher perceived stress; resilience was higher in Spain, among South American, Central American and African migrants, and those with religion.
Key findings
01Perceived stress was significantly higher among migrants living in Brazil or Portugal, who had immigrated less than five years before, who reported brown/black skin color, and who reported no religion.
02Resilience was greater among migrants with up to eight years of education, who were single, married or widowed, who had family income per capita up to 100 euros, who lived in Spain, and who originated from South America, Central America, and Africa.
03Migrants who declared having some religion presented higher resilience averages.
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What it does not show
The sample was non-probabilistic and convenience-based, recruited through religious groups and NGOs and by snowball sampling, so it may not represent all migrants. The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that any variable caused higher stress or higher resilience. Only three cities in each country were included, and more than 70% of participants were from Latin America, limiting comparison with other migration contexts. 12 people were excluded because they were not proficient in Portuguese or Spanish, so migrants who could not speak these languages were not represented. The stress and resilience scales had no cut-off point or classification, and the researchers split the sample at the mean, so the findings describe relative differences rather than clinically defined high or low stress or resilience.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these associations as proof that a nurse-delivered intervention will reduce stress or raise resilience. This was a cross-sectional survey of 403 migrants recruited through convenience and snowball sampling, so it measured variables at one time point.