The New Immigration

Segmentation of Mexican-Heritage Immigrants: Acculturation Typology and Language Preference in Health Information Seeking

“…Cultural preference in celebration appeared to be consistent with the previous literature documenting that more acculturation to the mainstream American culture is linked to less cultural practices of the native culture [2, 16, 64]. Less acculturated, moderately acculturated, and selectively bicultural groups preferred birthday or wedding celebration according to Mexican cultural practices, whereas the highly acculturated group reported no preference in such celebration.…”

“…We speculate the possible reason that considering all of the respondents in this study were born in Mexico and brought to the United States as children of Mexican immigrant families, their ethnic identity may be different from those who were born in the United States. Because language plays a significant role to shape and socialize one’s identity throughout the developmental period of time [64], it may be assumed that the respondents in the current study had already established their ethnic identity as Mexican, before their immigration to the United States. For example, all of the four groups reported that they spoke Spanish as a child at home, which substantially influenced their identity during childhood and adolescence.…”

Predictors of burnout for immigrant mental health professionals in the United States

“…SOCIAL SUPPORT Bronfenbrenner (1992) believed that the interaction between a person and their community (the exosystem) was essential for healthy development. Immigrants experience the loss of many sustaining social, personal and professional relationships within the exosystem, as well as defined roles that help facilitate meaning of their cultural and communal connection in the macrosystem (Suarez-Orozco et al, 2005). Research has evidenced that social support has significant positive effects on immigrant mental health, including amplifying sense of belonging, companionship, and sense of self-worth (Garcini et al, 2021;Herrero et al, 2011).…”

The Connections among Immigration, Nation Building and Adult Education English as a Second Language Instruction in the United States

“…In the early 1900s, having identity ties to more than one nation was traitorous and could have resulted in deportation. Today, while dual allegiances are still fraught with conflict, things like low-cost airfare, cell phones, and the Internet have changed the way immigrants maintain connections with people in their native countries (Suârez-Orozco & Qin, 2005). Decreasing costs have made these forms of communication available to more and more people.…”