Familial Vulnerability: Legal Status and Mental Health within Mixed-Status Families

被引:21
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作者
Logan, Ryan I. [1 ]
Melo, Milena A. [2 ]
Castaneda, Heide [3 ]
机构
[1] Calif State Univ Stanislaus, 1 Univ Circle, Turlock, CA 95382 USA
[2] Univ Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX USA
[3] Univ S Florida, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Mixed-status families; mental health; structural vulnerability; deservingness; precarity; US-Mexico borderlands; STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY; IMMIGRANT YOUTH; LABORERS;
D O I
10.1080/01459740.2021.1879061
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Mental and emotional well-being are intimately entangled with immigration status, personal relationships, and the broader political environment. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in South Texas including interviews with mixed-status families, this article illustrates the spillover impacts affecting mental and emotional health of family members with different legal statuses. Building on the notion of "structural vulnerability, we propose the concept of familial vulnerability, a lens which highlights how racialization, legal status, and discrimination affect the family unit. Our analysis of the mental health impacts on family members within mixed-status families may inform necessary changes to programs and policies to improve the needs of this population. El bienestar mental y emocional esta intimamente relacionado con el estatus migratorio, las relaciones personales y el entorno politico en general. Basandose en cinco anos de investigaciones etnograficas en el sur de Texas con familias de estatus mixto, este articulo demuestra los impactos indirectos que afectan la salud mental y emocional de miembros de familias con diferentes estatus legales. Inspirandonos del concepto de vulnerabilidad estructural, proponemos el concepto de vulnerabilidad familiar, un lente que resalta como la racializacion, el estatus legal y la discriminacion afecta la unidad familiar. Los resultados pueden ayudar a informar cambios necesarios en los programas y politicas de salud publica para mejorar las necesidades especificas de salud mental en esta poblacion.
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页码:639 / 652
页数:14
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