The immigrant paradox among Asian American women: Are disparities in the burden of depression and anxiety paradoxical or explicable?

We evaluated potential explanations for advantaged mental health status among immigrant Asian American women compared to U.S.-born Asian American women.In a nationally representative sample of 1,030 women (185 U.S.-born, 368 early-life immigrants [arrived before 25 years of age], 477 late-life immigrants), we examined the hypothesis that increased exposure to social risk factors mediate nativity-based differences in lifetime prevalence of...