Department of Kinesiology & Health Education, College of Education, University of Texas At Austin, 2109 San Jacinto Blvd., Stop D3700, Austin, TX, USA.
Critical Social/Personality Psychology Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Oct;23(5):1053-1064. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01207-6. Epub 2021 May 4.
This qualitative study aimed to elucidate and contextualize which and how migration-related stressors may influence Latinx Americans' (i.e., US-born; US-citizens) mental health status, including substance misuse. In 2019, a community sample of 22 Latinx Americans were recruited for an in-depth qualitative interview. Eligibility criteria included: being an adult, self-identify as Latinx, report a migration-related stressor, and report at least one symptom of a mental health or substance use problem. Open-ended questions focused on the migrant experience, perceptions and impacts of immigration enforcement, and how these experiences related to their mental health. Using a migration as a social determinant framework, we identified several migration-related stressors at the structural- and social-level of environmental influence that were related to participants' mental health. Findings highlight how migration-related stressors at the structural- and social-level of influence create systematic uncertainty by inducing fear into the daily lives of Latinx Americans.
本定性研究旨在阐明和分析与移民相关的压力源如何影响拉丁裔美国人（即出生于美国；美国公民）的心理健康状况，包括药物滥用。2019 年，我们招募了 22 名拉丁裔美国人作为社区样本进行深入的定性访谈。入选标准包括：成年人、自认为是拉丁裔、报告与移民相关的压力源、报告至少一种心理健康或药物使用问题的症状。开放性问题集中在移民经历、对移民执法的看法和影响，以及这些经历如何与他们的心理健康相关。我们使用移民作为社会决定因素框架，确定了几个与参与者心理健康相关的结构性和社会环境影响层面的移民相关压力源。研究结果强调了影响层面的结构性和社会性移民相关压力源如何通过给拉丁裔美国人的日常生活带来恐惧，从而造成系统性的不确定性。
