Migration-Related Stressors and Their Effect on the Severity Level and Symptom Pattern of Depression among Vietnamese in Germany
Table 2
Prevalence rates for the 24 migration-related stressor items (adapted from Lujic 2008).
Stressor
(1) Do you have communication problems because of insufficient German language skills?
0.88
0.33
97
85
87.6
(2) As a child, did your reference persons change often because of migration?
0.16
0.37
93
16
17.2
(3) As a child, were you separated from your parents over a longer period of time because of migration?
0.23
0.42
91
20
22.0
(4) Are your children still in Vietnam?
0.28
0.45
90
27
30.0
(5) Have your parents passed away, while you have been in Germany?
0.32
0.47
94
44
46.8
(6) Did your children have conflicts with the police or law in Germany?
0.03
0.18
89
3
3.4
(7) Do you feel lonely or socially isolated in Germany?
0.51
0.50
96
51
53.1
(8) Were you excluded from your original family?
0.40
0.50
89
34
38.2
(9) Was your partner/husband rejected from your original family?
0.14
0.35
84
11
13.1
(10) Do you feel politically disadvantaged in Germany?
0.26
0.44
91
24
26.4
(11) Do you feel religiously disadvantaged in Germany?
0.07
0.26
92
9
9.8
(12) Do you feel like a stranger in the German society?
0.42
0.50
96
44
45.8
(13) Were you discriminated in Germany because of origin?
0.23
0.43
95
25
26.3
(14) Do you feel separated or isolated from your family because of different views of life?
0.21
0.41
85
21
24.7
(15) Do you feel separated or isolated from other relevant persons because of different views of life?
0.28
0.45
89
31
34.8
(16) In certain situations, do you feel unsure about what to do or what is expected from you?
0.58
0.50
90
54
60.0
(17) Do you have marital problems because of differing views on task-distribution?
0.33
0.48
84
30
35.7
(18) Do you wish to return to your home country?
0.40
0.50
86
30
34.9
(19) Do you miss your family in Vietnam?
0.79
0.41
93
71
76.3
(20) Do you experience difficulties in adapting to the German society?
0.68
0.47
90
63
70.0
(21) Do you have the impression that many of your hopes or expectations did not come true in Germany?
0.49
0.50
89
43
48.3
(22) Do you wish on the one hand to return to your home country and on the other hand to stay in Germany?
0.53
0.50
90
48
53.3
(23) Have you already experienced the Germans as being hostile?
0.19
0.40
89
16
18.0
(24) Do you sometimes feel pressured by the Vietnamese community because of having divergent beliefs or expectations?
0.21
0.41
91
20
22.0
= mean; = standard deviation; = frequency (rated): number of times the item was rated; = frequency (affirmed): number of times the item was affirmed; % = percentage of affirmed items in relation to the number of rated items .
