Mental health risk factors associated with childhood language brokering

Rainey, Vanessa R.; Flores, Valerie Christina; Morrison, Robert; David, E. J. R.; Silton, Rebecca L.

doi:10.1080/01434632.2013.870180

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“…More importantly, it seems that language brokering in adolescence may have long-term implications for individual well-being. For example, it was found that emerging adults who served as language brokers during adolescence reported higher levels of depression and anxiety than their bilingual non-brokering counterparts (Rainey, Flores, Morrison, David, & Silton, 2014) . Furthermore, the integrative model of language and cultural brokering predicts that those who have more positive brokering feelings may experience more positive parent-child relationships, and in turn, may exhibit more positive psychological adjustment, fewer risky behaviors, and better academic performance (Kam & Lazarevic, 2014a).…”

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Burdened or Efficacious? Subgroups of Chinese American Language Brokers, Predictors, and Long-Term Outcomes

Shen

Kim

Benner

2018

J Youth Adolescence

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Despite growing research on youth language brokering in immigrant families, evidence regarding its developmental outcomes remains mixed. This study took a person-centered approach, exploring subgroups of language brokers and identifying predictors and long-term outcomes of the subgroup membership. Participants were Chinese American adolescents (N = 350 at Time 1; M = 17.04; SD = 0.72; 59% female) followed over two waves spaced four years apart (longitudinal N = 291). Two distinct subgroups of adolescent language brokers were identified using latent profile analyses on language brokering feelings: efficacious and burdened brokers. Adolescents proficient in both English and Chinese were more likely to be efficacious brokers. Furthermore, burdened brokers reported higher parent-child alienation, and in turn, more depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood, compared to efficacious brokers and non-language-brokers. The current findings inform future interventions that burdened language brokers may be most at risk and that improving parent-child relationships may be one way to promote the well-being of young brokers.

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Burdened or Efficacious? Subgroups of Chinese American Language Brokers, Predictors, and Long-Term Outcomes

Shen

Kim

Benner

2018

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Orellana et al 12 showed similarly how these experiences from early childhood continue into adulthood and impacted conduct and quality of everyday life, giving individuals an identity of being needed, but with too much responsibility. Rainey et al 16 showed in a large survey that children who had been brokers during childhood and adolescence had increased risk of depression in adult life compared to nonbrokers.…”

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“…Being a broker for the family during childhood can affect children’s and adolescents’ cognitive and emotional conditions and in many situations lead to an increase in incidence of depression 11,14. Additionally, serious anxiety and social isolation 15,16 have also been described in this population. Furthermore, studies have shown that family members who brokered as children or as adolescents live with an increased risk of alcohol or drug abuse, especially when brokering is perceived as a burden 14.…”

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‘I had to stifle my feelings’ – Bilingual health professionals translating for family members in a healthcare setting. A qualitative study

Nielsen

Abdulkadir

Lynnerup

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Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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I had to stifle my feelings'-Bilingual health professionals translating for family members in a healthcare setting. A qualitative study Background: As an alternative to a professional interpreter, children or relatives often act as so-called 'language brokers' in the healthcare sector. Litterature have demonstrated that the cultural context is significant for the potential outcome for child language brokers. For individuals from a collectivistic family pattern, it becomes natural and is often regarded as respectful, to assist older relatives day and night. Aim: Very little is known about young people providing informal translation services in a Scandinavian context. We therefore aimed to capture the lived experiences of bilingual health professionals, students and postgraduates who have experienced interpreting for family members in a healthcare setting. By interviewing bilingual health professionals, we aimed to obtain two perspectives, the translators and the professionals, in one interview. Results: Analysing the conditions, meanings and reasoning, it became possible for us to understand the young translators' situations and how their life conditions affected their reasons for action in certain ways and in certain conditions. The analysis revealed four main themes: (i) the importance of social relations and cultural conditions; (ii) the hidden burden of consequences for participants' health conditions due to the focus on health-related consequences and emotionally difficult situations experienced by the participants; (iii) participants experienced limitations in language skills as a challenge; and (iv) being 'in between' in the encounter with the professional system. Conclusion: When family members interpret for the family, the family interpreter is at risk of being excluded by the family or being exposed to and involved in highly sensitive dilemmas that may forever impair normal family relations: health professionals should be aware of this and take professional responsibility.

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“…This may indicate that those who identify only with the linguistic aspect of the Hispanic culture may still experience the health-protective effect of being bicultural. This group may consist of participants who prefer the Anglo culture, but are still connected to Hispanic family, friends, and/ or community members, and speak Spanish frequently either by choice 19 Preferring the Anglo culture while still regularly speaking and enjoying Spanish may reflect sustained engagement with one's heritage culture and exposure to its protective factors. Among Mexican Americans, perceiving linguistic and socioemotional benefits from language brokering has also been positively associated with adolescent resilience outcomes such as mental and behavioral health at multiple time points.…”

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Acculturation, Mental Health, and Quality of Life am ong Hispanic Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Latent Class Analysis

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Mental health risk factors associated with childhood language brokering

Cited by 32 publications

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Burdened or Efficacious? Subgroups of Chinese American Language Brokers, Predictors, and Long-Term Outcomes

Burdened or Efficacious? Subgroups of Chinese American Language Brokers, Predictors, and Long-Term Outcomes

‘I had to stifle my feelings’ – Bilingual health professionals translating for family members in a healthcare setting. A qualitative study

Acculturation, Mental Health, and Quality of Life am ong Hispanic Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Latent Class Analysis

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