“Family is Family Forever”: Perceptions of Family Changes After Deportation

Taschman, Katrina; Muruthi, Bertranna A.

doi:10.1007/s10591-019-09528-3

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“…Boss (1999) describes two forms of ambiguous loss: (a) a loss occurring when a person is physically present but psychologically absent, and (b) a loss occurring when a person is physically absent but psychologically present. Parental deportation may be associated with both forms of ambiguous loss (Lovato, 2019;Taschman & Muruthi, 2020;Taschman et al, 2022). For example, a parent may be physically present but emotionally unavailable due to deportation-related stress (worrying about getting deported or experiencing the deportation of a partner or relative); or a parent may be physically absent but psychologically present after a deportation experience (no longer living in the same country, but parenting through technologies such as phone and video calls).…”

Section: Parental Deportation and Ambiguous Lossmentioning

confidence: 99%

Things That Could Have Helped Me Cope: Adults Reflect on What They Needed as Children After the Deportation of a Parent

Muruthi,

Taschman,

McRell

et al. 2024

The Family Journal

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Experiencing parental deportation during childhood is associated with higher rates of mental health and behavioral health challenges. This adversity may be exacerbated by the uncertainty of what is happening to their deported parent and to their family system following a deportation experience. Effective clinical intervention can reduce the likelihood and/or severity of physical health, mental health and behavioral health difficulty caused by the trauma of parental deportation; however, clinicians have insufficient resources and guidance on effectively engaging with children and their families following parental deportation. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with English-speaking Latino individuals from the United States who experienced parental deportation between the ages of 6 and 17 ( n = 10). Using interpretive phenomenology analytic procedures, three major themes emerged related to participants’ experiences of their family after their parent’s deportation: (a) I wish I knew what was happening, (b) I wish people had checked in on my emotions, and (c) I wish people had been supportive and included us in the conversation. These findings are examined from an ambiguous loss framework to provide clinical implications of children’s needs after parental deportation. Suggestions are offered from the adults who lost their parent to deportation as a child about what they needed following their loss. By understanding what children need in these moments of crisis, practitioners, providers, and others are better prepared to address this form of complex childhood adversity.

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Section: Parental Deportation and Ambiguous Lossmentioning

confidence: 99%