Appendix Table 2.
Stress Scale Item Wording and Statistics.a
| Item | Agree Strongly | Agree | Dis-agree | Dis-agree Strongly | Mean | SD | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| When I think of my original country, I get teary | 0.8% | 9.7 | 82.4 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1195 |
| I get sad when I think of special places back home | 1.3% | 22.9 | 70.2 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1195 |
| I am always facing new situations and circumstances | 2.5% | 37.2 | 58.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1188 |
| I have to depend on other people to show or teach me how things are done | 0.4% | 12.3 | 81.9 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1192 |
| My work status is lower than it used to be | 2.0% | 27.0 | 65.3 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 897 |
| The work credential I had in my original country are not accepted | 0.7% | 30.1 | 63.1 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 880 |
| Americans have a hard time understanding my accent | 3.5% | 30.4 | 63.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1166 |
| As an immigrant, I am treated as a second class citizen | 2.0% | 30.0 | 65.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1184 |
| People with foreign accents are treated with less respect | 1.2% | 33.9 | 63.4 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1174 |
| I do not feel at home | 1.3% | 28.0 | 68.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1183 |
a
Originally names the “Demands of Immigration Scale,” this set of items has been used as markers to major stressors immigrants often encounter. Respondents were asked: “As I read each of the following things regarding how some people feel about living in the U.S., please just tell me if you agree strongly, agree, disagree, or disagree strongly.” Numbers in cells are the scores assigned to each response, the percentages who gave each response, the means and standard deviations of the scores, and the number of participants responding to each item.