This paper describes the results of a survey investigation on the adjustment of 1638 Indochinese refugees who have resettled in the United States. Refugees reported several areas of adjustment difficulty, although problems which reflected the trauma of separation and emigration were viewed as the most serious. Education, income, and employment were significantly related to indices of acculturation and alienation, thus indicating an interdependence between socioeconomic and sociocultural areas of adjustment. The importance of reinforcing mechanisms of social support among refugees is discussed. © 1984 Springer-Verlag.

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separation Vietnam central nervous system refugee psychological aspect Cambodia Laos human Refugees Ethnic Groups geographic distribution Adaptation, Psychological United States male Acculturation female Support, Non-U.S. Gov't adult migration normal human Middle Age