Cross-border Ties as Sources of Risk and Resilience

Torres, Jacqueline M.; Alcántara, Carmela; Rudolph, Kara E.; Viruell‐Fuentes, Edna A.

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“…Nevertheless, a small but increasing body of literature exists, which examines and theorises about the implications of transnational ties for migrants' well-being. This set of studies comprises mainly quantitative (Afulani, Torres, Sudhinaraset, & Asunka, 2016;Alcántara et al, 2015;Murphy & Mahalingam, 2004;Torres, Alcántara, et al, 2016) but also a few qualitative (Viruell-Fuentes, 2006;Viruell-Fuentes & Schulz, 2009) contributions.…”

Section: Transnational Ties and Migrants' Well-being: Empirical Andmentioning

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Transnational ties: Resource or stressor on Peruvian migrants' well‐being?

Horn¹,

Fokkema

2020

Population Space and Place

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This paper explores the role of types and the intensity of transnational ties for migrants' well-being from a global perspective. Based on a literature review, two competing hypotheses are formulated-transnational resources versus transnational stress-according to which transnational ties have either a positive or a negative effect on migrants' well-being. Drawing on data from a large-scale survey of Peruvian migrants worldwide, this paper examines the strength and direction of the relationship between Peruvian migrants' transnational ties and poor well-being, the latter measured as depression/loneliness as a principal concern. While the multivariate regression results do not support the transnational resources hypothesis, partial support is found for the transnational stress hypothesis: more intense transnational ties are positively associated with poor well-being. Our study points the importance of considering transnational ties in research on migrants' well-being and indicates the relevance of developing adequate measurements and longitudinal research designs to explore the causal relationships between migrants' well-being and transnational ties.

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Section: Transnational Ties and Migrants' Well-being: Empirical Andmentioning

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Transnational ties: Resource or stressor on Peruvian migrants' well‐being?

Horn¹,

Fokkema

2020

Population Space and Place

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“…Within the transnationalism framework, cross-border ties are defined as the social connections maintained with close kin in countries-of-origin that, not only include physical contact (such as visits), but may also include financial and cultural aspects of transnationalism. 1 Scholars have found evidence that cross-border contact with family and friends living in countries of origin is significantly associated with mental health and overall wellbeing among immigrant populations in the US (Alcántara, Molina, et al, 2015; Samari, 2016; Torres, Alcántara, et al, 2016). While we are not aware of any empirical work examining the relationship between cross-border ties and alcohol use, some work has found a relationship between cross-border ties and other health outcomes including self-rated health (Afulani, Torres, Sudhinaraset, & Asunka, 2016; Torres, 2013), and health behaviors such as smoking (Alcántara, Molina, et al, 2015) as well as self-reported body mass index (Gorman & Novoa, 2016).…”

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“…A transnational framework highlights immigrants'cross-border ties, or contact with family and friends in their country of origin through long-distance communication, remittance-sending, political participation and return visits (Faist, Bilecen, Barglowski, & Sienkiewicz, 2015; Falicov, 2007; Waldinger, 2015). Scholars have begun to develop theory outlining hypothetical cultural and psychological pathways by which these transnational connections may impact health and health behaviors, as well as test the associations between ongoing cross-border connection and these outcomes (Alcántara, Chen, & Alegría, 2015; Alcántara, Molina, & Kawachi, 2015; Gorman & Novoa, 2016; Samari, 2016; Torres, Alcántara, Rudolph, & Viruell-Fuentes, 2016; Torres, Lee, González, Garcia, & Haan, 2016).…”

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Reconsidering the Relationship between Age at Migration and Health Behaviors among US Immigrants: The Modifying Role of Continued Cross-border Ties

Torres

Sudhinaraset

2019

Immigration and Health

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Age-at-migration is commonly utilized as a proxy measure for assimilation. We re-consider this approach by examining the role of continued connection with places of origin on alcohol use. Cross-border connections may diminish the association between earlier age-at-migration and alcohol use by providing an alternative channel of influence for behavioral norms. Alternatively, a stress and coping perspective on cross border ties suggests potentially countervailing impacts of these connections on alcohol use. We use data from the 2002/2003 National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS) (n=1641/1630 Asian and Latino origin respondents, respectively). We first estimate the association between age-at-migration (child/adolescent versus adult migrant) and any past-year alcohol use. We subsequently test the interaction between age-at-migration and two measures of cross-border contact. All models are stratified by region of origin and gender. For Latin American-origin women, cross-border ties are associated with increased risk for alcohol use among those who migrated early in life. In contrast, Asian-origin men and women who migrated as adults and have contact with family and friends abroad have the lowest predicted probabilities of past-year alcohol use. The results among Asians support the idea that cross-border ties can be alternative influences on health behavior outcomes, particularly for adult migrants. Overall, we find qualified support for both transnational and assimilationist perspectives on alcohol use behaviors among US immigrants -- as well as the interaction between these two frameworks. The joint influences of cross-border ties and age-at-migration were observed primarily for immigrant women, and not always in expected directions. We nevertheless urge future research to consider both US and country-of-origin influences on a wider range of health and health behavior outcomes for immigrants, as well as the potential intersection between US and cross-border connections.

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“…An emerging body of literature that analyzes the impact of transnational ties on migrant mental health indicates that such ties can be both a source of risk and of resilience ( Torres, Alcántara, Rudolph, & Viruell-Fuentes, 2016 ). To date, most researches on these issues come from the US among Latino migrants.…”

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“…Studies have achieved mixed results regarding the impact of cross-border family separation on mental health. A study on Latino migrants in the US found no association between migration-related family stress defined as feeling guilty regarding leaving and having limited contact with family and friends in the country of origin ( Torres, Alcántara, et al, 2016 ). However, among Mexican immigrant mothers, separation from children and spouses has been shown to contribute to depression ( Ornelas & Perreira, 2011 ).…”

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Mental health of sub-saharan african migrants: The gendered role of migration paths and transnational ties

Pannetier

Lert

Roustide

et al. 2017

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In Europe, migrants are at higher risk of common mental disorders or psychological distress than are natives. Little is known regarding the social determinants of migrant mental health, particularly the roles played by migration conditions and transnational practices, which may manifest themselves in different ways for men and for women. The goal of this paper was to understand the gendered roles of migration paths and transnational ties in mental health among sub-Saharan African migrants residing in the Paris, France, metropolitan area. This study used data from the Parcours study conducted in 2012–2013, which employed a life-event approach to collect data from a representative sample of migrants who visited healthcare facilities (n = 2468). We measured anxiety and depressive symptoms at the time of data collection with the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4). Reasons for migration, the living conditions in the host country and transnational ties after migration were taken into account by sex and after adjustment. Our study demonstrates that among sub-Saharan African migrants, mental health is related to the migratory path and the migrant’s situation in the host country but differently for women and men. Among women, anxiety and depressive symptoms were strongly related to having left one’s home country because of threats to one’s life. Among men, residing illegally in the host country was related to impaired mental health. For both women and men, cross-border separation from a child less than 18 years old was not independently associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms. In addition, social and emotional support from relatives and friends—both from the society of origin and of destination—were associated with lower anxiety and depressive symptoms. Migrant mental health may be impaired in the current context of anti-migrant policies and an anti-immigrant social environment in Europe.

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Cross-border Ties as Sources of Risk and Resilience

Cited by 21 publications

References 56 publications

Transnational ties: Resource or stressor on Peruvian migrants' well‐being?

Transnational ties: Resource or stressor on Peruvian migrants' well‐being?

Reconsidering the Relationship between Age at Migration and Health Behaviors among US Immigrants: The Modifying Role of Continued Cross-border Ties

Mental health of sub-saharan african migrants: The gendered role of migration paths and transnational ties

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