Department of Psychology, Sam Houston State University.
Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University.
Law Hum Behav. 2021 Jun;45(3):179-196. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000447.
There are currently 1,308,327 immigrants in removal proceedings, over 80% of whom are Latinx (TRAC, 2021b). This study examined the relation among putative protective markers (i.e. social support, religious support, and legal support) and the emotional and physical well-being of Latinx individuals facing removal proceedings.
We hypothesized that increased social support, religious support, and legal support would buffer the negative relations between hopelessness, poor self-efficacy, and well-being measures (depression, anxiety, stress, mental well-being, somatic symptoms, and physical well-being).
Participants (N = 157; 31.2% men, M age = 33.4 years) had an active immigration court case in Texas and completed a demographic questionnaire, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21, Patient Health Questionnaire-15, and Short Form Health Survey-12.
Higher levels of hopelessness and poor self-efficacy were associated with more negative well-being outcomes, while social support was associated with more positive well-being outcomes. Contrary to hypotheses, religious support and legal support served as risk markers independently, while legal support interacted with hopelessness, such that decreased legal support was associated with higher mental well-being at lower levels of hopelessness and interacted with poor self-efficacy, such that increased legal support was associated with poorer mental well-being at lower levels of self-efficacy. All effect sizes were small (rsp2 = .04 to .16).
Targeting hopelessness and poor self-efficacy while promoting social support may help mental health professionals improve the well-being of immigrants in removal proceedings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
目前有 1308327 名移民正在被递解程序，其中超过 80%是拉丁裔（TRAC，2021b）。本研究考察了潜在保护因素（即社会支持、宗教支持和法律支持）与面临递解程序的拉丁裔个体的情绪和身体健康之间的关系。
我们假设增加社会支持、宗教支持和法律支持将缓冲绝望、自我效能感低下与幸福感指标（抑郁、焦虑、压力、心理幸福感、躯体症状和身体健康）之间的负相关关系。
参与者（N=157；31.2%为男性，平均年龄为 33.4 岁）在德克萨斯州有一个活跃的移民法庭案件，并完成了人口统计学问卷、贝克绝望量表、一般自我效能感量表、多维感知社会支持量表、多信仰宗教支持量表、抑郁、焦虑、压力量表-21、患者健康问卷-15 和简短形式健康调查-12。
更高水平的绝望和自我效能感低下与更负面的幸福感结果相关，而社会支持与更积极的幸福感结果相关。与假设相反，宗教支持和法律支持独立作为风险标志物，而法律支持与绝望相互作用，即较低水平的绝望与较低水平的法律支持相关，与较高的心理幸福感相关，而自我效能感与法律支持相互作用，即较低水平的自我效能感与较高水平的法律支持相关，与较差的心理幸福感相关。所有效应大小均较小（rsp2=0.04 至 0.16）。
针对绝望和自我效能感低下，同时促进社会支持，可能有助于心理健康专业人员改善正在递解程序中的移民的幸福感。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
