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ABSTRACT This study examined the double jeopardy effect of perceived discrimination and lack of parental support on depression among adolescents of immigrant parents in the United States. Two complementary hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis postulates the independent effects of perceived discrimination and lack of parental support, and the second hypothesis postulates that perceived discrimination and lack of parental support jointly affect perceived depression in such a way that children of immigrants who felt discriminated and did not have parental support experienced a significantly higher level of perceived depression than those who felt discriminated but had parental support. The data of this study came from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CIL), 1991–2005. The study’s sample consisted of 4110 adolescents who completed the interviews in 1992 and 1995. Ordinary least square regression was used to test the hypotheses. The results supported the study’s hypotheses, suggesting that adolescents of immigrant parents who experienced discrimination and lacked parental support suffered from a significantly higher level of perceived depression. Implications for formal and informal social services are discussed.
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This title has ceased (2018). This important peer-review journal provides an innovative forum, both international and multidisciplinary, for addressing cross-cultural issues and mental health. Culture as it comes to bear on mental health is a rapidly expanding area of inquiry and research within psychiatry and psychology, and other related fields such as social work, with important implications for practice in the global context. The journal is an essential resource for health care professionals working in the field of cross-cultural mental health.Readership includes psychiatrists, psychologists, medical anthropologists, medical sociologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers, general practitioners and other mental health professionals interested in the area. The International Journal of Culture and Mental Health publishes original empirical research, review papers and theoretical articles in the fields of cross-cultural psychiatry and psychology. Contributions from the fields of medical anthropology and medical sociology are particularly welcome. A continuing dialogue between members of various disciplines in various fields is encouraged. The aim of the journal is to encourage its readers to think about various issues which have clouded cross-cultural development of ideas. The journal lays special emphasis on developing further links between medical anthropology, medical sociology, clinical psychiatry and psychology, and implications of the findings on service provisions. The journal is published four times a year. The style of reference is Harvard. All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.