Crossroads: The psychology of immigration in the new century.

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“…Moreover, these rates are likely to underestimate the true extent of psychological distress experienced by individuals who are detained either at the border or upon entry into the United States as research has demonstrated a worsening in depression and anxiety over time in detained asylum seekers (Keller et al, 2003). There is clearly a need for systems of care that can offer culturally responsive mental health services to immigrant populations (American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Immigration, 2013), both during and after migration.…”

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Do reasons for migration impact the elements of asylum applications? An investigation of participants in the 2018 “migrant caravan”.

Rosenfeld,

Weinberger,

Collins

et al. 2024

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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As migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers continue to arrive at the Mexico-U.S. border and solutions to this situation remain elusive, growing opportunities exist for research to inform policy decisions. One policy implemented (and subsequently rescinded) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was to limit asylum claims to only those individuals who experienced abuse or maltreatment at the hands of government officials, limiting protections for those fleeing gang violence or abuse inflicted by family members. We surveyed 515 migrants seeking entry to the United States who had traveled in the late 2018 "migrant caravan" from the Northern Triangle of Central America (Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala) to examine the nature and extent of pre-and peri-migration victimization experiences. Participants cited varied reasons for migration, including violence, economic opportunity, and family reunification. Not surprisingly, individuals who cited violence as their primary reason for fleeing reported greater exposure to premigration victimization and were significantly more likely to express a fear of returning to their country of origin. However, experiences of violence were ubiquitous in the sample, and mental health symptoms were not associated with reason for migration. We also found no significant differences in exposure to violence, fear of return, or perceptions of government protection between those who reported having experienced violence inflicted by government officials versus those who reported only gang-related violence. Hence, the perpetrator of violence appears to have little bearing on the nature or impact of violence experienced by these migrants. The implications of these findings for immigration policy are discussed.

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Do reasons for migration impact the elements of asylum applications? An investigation of participants in the 2018 “migrant caravan”.

Rosenfeld,

Weinberger,

Collins

et al. 2024

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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“…Data speaking to the relative importance of structural and attitudinal barriers to mental health treatment generally suggest that structural barriers, such as cost and clinic access, are more prohibitive than attitudinal barriers, such as stigma and mental health help-seeking attitudes, though these retain a notable influence (Chen et al, 2013; Cohen Veterans Network, 2018; Coombs et al, 2021). The American Psychological Association (APA) Presidential Task Force on Immigration (2013) classifies the myriad barriers to mental health treatment into contextual-structural, social-cultural, and clinical-procedural categories. Common structural barriers to mental health treatment are cost, insurance coverage, transportation, childcare, personal availability, and openings for new patients at sources of mental health care; a cost barrier to treatment is identified by almost half of community sample participants (Chen et al, 2013; Cohen Veterans Network, 2018; Coombs et al, 2021).…”

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“…Once individuals make initial contact with mental health services, they often still face clinical or procedural barriers to receiving adequate care, such as insufficient cultural sensitivity of services, clinician bias, communication problems, misdiagnosis, and failure to receive the most efficacious mental health interventions (APA Presidential Task Force on Immigration, 2013; Kohn-Wood & Hooper, 2014). These factors likely play a role in high rates of treatment dropout (Soto et al, 2018); in contrast, positive past experiences of mental health services do predict future service use (Aguirre Velasco et al, 2020).…”

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Barriers to integrated primary care and specialty mental health services: Perspectives from Latinx and non-Latinx White primary care patients.

Anastasia¹

2023

Psychological Services

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Significant disparities in access to mental health care exist in the current mental health system; integrated primary care (IPC) offers an alternative model of service delivery with initial evidence for reducing disparities. Little is known about whether, and how, IPC reduces barriers to mental health services. Here we report on a set of three studies using mixed methodology to explore the perceptions of potential recipients of care regarding barriers to accessing mental health treatment by setting (IPC or specialty mental health [SMH]) and ethnicity (Latinx or non-Latinx White). In Study 1, a main effect of setting indicated IPC patients perceived fewer barriers to accessing IPC than SMH. A setting by ethnicity interaction revealed Latinx patients perceived greater barriers to SMH than non-Latinx White patients. In Study 2, data from qualitative interviews suggested IPC patients found behavioral health treatment in IPC to be accessible and satisfactory. In Study 3, a non-treatment-seeking sample did not endorse a difference in barriers by setting or ethnicity. Overall, it appears IPC patients perceive behavioral health treatment delivered in primary care to be satisfactory, beneficial, and successful in reaching individuals with mental health need who otherwise may not receive care. Non-treatment-seeking individuals with lower psychiatric distress did not identify a difference in barriers between IPC and SMH settings. Findings are consistent with the potential of the IPC setting for reducing barriers to care, although key elements of IPC may need to be addressed to increase acceptability across all population subgroups. Impact StatementThe current set of studies examined integrated primary care (IPC) patients' perceptions of barriers to accessing mental health care in IPC and specialty mental health (SMH) settings. Latinx and non-Latinx White IPC patients perceived fewer barriers to care in IPC than SMH, while a non-treatment-seeking community samples saw no differences in barriers to care across settings. Results generally support the benefits of offering behavioral health services in IPC settings.

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“…Qualitative research offers methodological and analytical depth that is suitable for exploring underinvestigated phenomenon (Creswell, 2013; Levitt, 2021) or historically underrepresented populations in the research literature (e.g., The APA Presidential Task Force on Immigration, 2013) and generating theories that can be further tested using quantitative methods (Auerbach & Silverstein, 2003; Krauss, 2005). We conducted semistructured interviews with a heterogeneous group of subjects and analyzed the data using thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006).…”

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Gheirat as a complex emotional reaction to relational boundary violations: A mixed-methods investigation.

Razavi¹,

Shaban-Azad²,

Srivastava³

2023

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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People from different cultural backgrounds vary in how they define, perceive, and react to violations of relational boundaries. Muslim cultures are diverse and include nearly one in four people in the world, yet research on their relational and moral norms is scarce. We contribute to narrowing this gap by studying gheirat, a moral-emotional experience ubiquitous in Muslim Middle Eastern cultures. In four mixed-methods studies, we study how gheirat is experienced, what situations elicit it, and its social functions among Iranian adults (N = 1,107) using qualitative interviews, scenario- and prototype-based surveys, and an experiment. The prototypical experience of gheirat consisted of diverse appraisals (including sense of responsibility, insecurity, and low self-worth) and emotional components (including hostility, social fears, and low empowerment). We identified three types of relational violations that elicit gheirat: harm or insult to namoos (people and self-relevant entities one is obliged to protect), romantic betrayal by namoos, and intrusions by a third person. Each violation type led to a distinct variant of the prototype. Contrary to folk theories of gheirat, we did not find support for the idea that gheirat is a predominantly male experience. However, an experiment on the signaling effects of gheirat revealed that gheirat expressors are ascribed both positive and negative traits, but positive traits prevail for men and negative traits prevail for women. We discuss how the results contribute to a better understanding of Iranian social life and intercultural contact, as well as the implications for theories of emotion and the cultural logic of honor.

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Crossroads: The psychology of immigration in the new century.

Cited by 15 publications

References 109 publications

Do reasons for migration impact the elements of asylum applications? An investigation of participants in the 2018 “migrant caravan”.

Do reasons for migration impact the elements of asylum applications? An investigation of participants in the 2018 “migrant caravan”.

Barriers to integrated primary care and specialty mental health services: Perspectives from Latinx and non-Latinx White primary care patients.

Gheirat as a complex emotional reaction to relational boundary violations: A mixed-methods investigation.

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