A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Mental Health of Immigrant Parents.

IF 6.1 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI:10.1007/s10567-025-00542-6

Yangdi Han,Xiaoxia Luo,Ying Xiong,Xinyi Peng,Lin Wang

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Abstract

Recent studies have shown that immigrant parents are at risk for various mental health issues, but there is a lack of meta-analyses on their prevalence. This systematic review aims to determine the prevalence of mental health problems (e.g., stress, anxiety, depression, and psychiatric disorders) in immigrant parents and identify contributing factors. We systematically searched multiple databases up to July 2023 and evaluated the quality of studies using AHRQ criteria. Pooled prevalence and 95% CI were used to assess mental health issues among immigrant parents, with subgroup analysis performed to examine influencing factors. A total of 33 studies with 214,536 participants found that mental health issues affected immigrant parents at a rate of about 25%, peaking at depression with a rate of about 24%. In the Middle East, this rate rose to 35%. Non-random sampling resulted in rates up to 43%, while cross-sectional study designs led to rates around 23%. Refugee parents and immigrant parents with lower educational attainment, reduced socioeconomic status, or limited host-country language proficiency demonstrated significantly elevated prevalence rates of psychological morbidity. The psychological challenges faced by immigrant parents are widespread. Future research should focus on the mental well-being of specific subgroups, such as immigrants from the Middle East, fathers, and low-income families. More rigorous survey methods and study designs (such as random sampling and cohort studies) are necessary to improve their mental health.

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移民父母心理健康的系统回顾与元分析。

最近的研究表明，移民父母有各种心理健康问题的风险，但缺乏对其流行程度的荟萃分析。本系统综述旨在确定移民父母中心理健康问题（如压力、焦虑、抑郁和精神疾病）的患病率，并确定影响因素。我们系统地检索了截至2023年7月的多个数据库，并使用AHRQ标准评估了研究的质量。合并患病率和95% CI用于评估移民父母的心理健康问题，并进行亚组分析以检查影响因素。共有33项涉及214,536名参与者的研究发现，心理健康问题影响移民父母的比例约为25%，抑郁症的比例最高，约为24%。在中东，这一比例上升到35%。非随机抽样的发生率高达43%，而横断面研究设计的发生率约为23%。受教育程度较低、社会经济地位较低或东道国语言能力有限的难民父母和移民父母的心理发病率显著升高。移民父母面临的心理挑战是普遍存在的。未来的研究应该集中在特定亚群体的心理健康上，比如来自中东的移民、父亲和低收入家庭。需要更严格的调查方法和研究设计（如随机抽样和队列研究）来改善他们的心理健康。

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Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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