Children of Immigrants: Family and Parental Characteristics

Chaudry, Ajay; Fortuny, Karina

doi:10.1037/e726242011-001

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“…Immigrant families are more likely to live in poverty (Chaudry & Fortuna, 2010b), thus placing them at a higher risk for negative outcomes (Guarnaccia & Lopez, 1998; Zhou, 1997). Furthermore, despite cultural factors that mitigate risk (e.g., Golding & Burnam, 1990; Harker, 2001), the immigration experience is largely a stressful one for both children and adults (Pumariega & Roth, 2010) and is often associated with a variety of negative events that have been associated with depression, including exposure to violence (Jaycox, Stein, Kataoka, Wong, Fink, Esudero, et.…”

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“…al., 2002), a decline in socioeconomic status (Hernandez & Darke, 1999), and separation from family and social support systems (Garcia Coll & Magnuson, 1997). Moreover, many children of immigrants have parents with limited English proficiency (Chaudry & Fortuna, 2010a) who are less likely to access the social and mental health services that could assist them and their children (e.g., Fortuny & Chaudry, 2011; Lopez, 2002). …”

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Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income, Urban Adolescents: Cognitive and Contextual Factors

Cardemil

O’Donnell

Esposito‐Smythers

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Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community

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This study examined the relationships among cognitive variables, family immigration history, negative life events, and depressive symptoms in a sample of 306 low-income, urban fifth- and sixth-grade children. Explanatory style and negative automatic thoughts were the cognitive variables examined. There were two key findings. First, children who were immigrants reported significantly more depressive symptoms, more negative life events, and more negative automatic thoughts than children who were not immigrants. Second, both explanatory style and negative automatic thoughts were significantly associated with depressive symptoms above and beyond the effects of child immigration history and negative life events. Finally, negative automatic thoughts mediated the relationship between child immigration history and depressive symptoms. We discuss the clinical and research implications of these findings.

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Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income, Urban Adolescents: Cognitive and Contextual Factors

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Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community

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“…The Urban Institute's review of family and parental characteristics shows this variability [12]. For example, 47% of immigrant parents from Mexico have less than a high school education, whereas 70% of parents from the Middle East and South Asia have college degrees.…”

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Children in Immigrant Families

Javier

Festa

Florendo

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Advances in Pediatrics

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“…Doors are shut and the opportunities are not as abundant or equally distributed as portrayed in the American media. Consequently, immigrants (especially Mexican immigrants) experience poverty and restricted opportunities (Chaudry & Fortuny, 2010a, 2010b; Fortuny, Capps, Simms, & Chaudry, 2009; Fortuny, Hernandez, Chaudry, & Urban, 2010; Salazar et al, 2008), while simultaneously believing that their quality of life is better in the United States than in their country of origin.…”

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Tempered Dreams

Hanna

Ortega

2017

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This research study explores the experience of first-generation immigrants of Mexican origin living in Denver, CO. Seven Mexican immigrants described their experiences through an in-depth interview process. The data were analyzed using a constant comparative method. The process described by the participants reflects ambivalence about living in the United States. This ambivalence stems from a conflict between their beliefs that the United States is the land of opportunity and their experiences of being unable to access opportunities because of their identity as immigrantsregardless of immigration status. Keywords children and families, immigration, Mexican immigrants, qualitative methods, social justice Throughout the history of the United States, immigrants have believed that the United States is the land of opportunity-a glorious place where working hard enough leads to better opportunities and enhances the ability to provide for one's family and secure a stable, flourishing financial future (Gerstle, 2000; Kaun, 2008). Unfortunately, for many immigrants, upon arriving to the United States, they are met with the realization that life is not quite what they had imagined. Doors are shut and the opportunities are not as abundant or equally distributed as portrayed in the American media. Consequently, immigrants (especially Mexican immigrants) experience poverty and restricted opportunities (

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Children of Immigrants: Family and Parental Characteristics

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Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income, Urban Adolescents: Cognitive and Contextual Factors

Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income, Urban Adolescents: Cognitive and Contextual Factors

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