Responding to structural inequities: Coping strategies among immigrant women during COVID-19

Abularrage, Tara F.; Wurtz, Heather M.; Samari, Goleen

doi:10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100293

SSM - Mental Health

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100293

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Responding to structural inequities: Coping strategies among immigrant women during COVID-19

Tara F. Abularrage,

Heather M. Wurtz,

Goleen Samari

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Wurtz,

Flores,

Willen

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“The panic stays in your mind…concentrating more on the worries than the relationship”: Intimate partnerships during COVID‐19 for immigrant women in New York City

Wurtz,

Samari

2024

J of Marriage and Family

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ObjectiveThis study examines perceptions of change in intimate relationships among partnered, immigrant women in New York City during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic. We pay close attention to how structural oppression, particularly related to undocumented immigration status, shaped women's experiences with their intimate partners during a period of social upheaval.BackgroundCOVID‐19 has exacerbated many existing structural inequities and subsequent stressors that have been shown to have an adverse effect on intimate relationships, including increased economic instability and mental health distress. Immigrant women may be particularly vulnerable to relationship strain because of intersecting social and structural inequities.MethodsWe draw on in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews among a heterogenous sample of 22 women with varied legal status from Latin America, South and East Asia, and the Middle East.ResultsFindings reveal three primary pathways through which structural inequities shaped women's experiences with intimate partnership strain, including financial and material scarcity; uneven caregiving burdens; and constrained access to support in situations of violence and abuse.ConclusionOur analysis demonstrates ways that structural oppression, particularly driven by exclusionary immigration laws, influences intimate partner relationships through the legal status of immigrant women. Understanding how structural oppression shapes immigrant partnerships is essential for the field of family demography and for family‐serving professionals in referring clients to resources and services, as well as helping women explore sources of resilience and coping within their families and communities.

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Responding to structural inequities: Coping strategies among immigrant women during COVID-19

Cited by 2 publications

References 60 publications

Engaging Immigrant Women in Online Journaling as a Mode of Research and Psychosocial Support: Lessons Learned

Engaging Immigrant Women in Online Journaling as a Mode of Research and Psychosocial Support: Lessons Learned

“The panic stays in your mind…concentrating more on the worries than the relationship”: Intimate partnerships during COVID‐19 for immigrant women in New York City

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