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Salerno JP, Getrich CM, Fish JN, Castillo Y, Edmiston S, Sandoval P, Aparicio EM, Fryer CS, Boekeloo BO. Profiles of psychosocial stressors and buffers among Latinx immigrant youth: Associations with suicidal ideation. Psychiatry Res 2023; 330:115583. [PMID: 37995421 PMCID: PMC10841582 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
Abstract
This study aimed to examine the associations of latent profile group membership based on post-migration psychosocial stressors (proximal immigrant minority stress) and buffers (family, peer, and school support, and ethnic identity importance), and distal stressors (pre- to post-migration victimization and forced immigration-related family separation) with suicidal ideation among immigrant youth from the Northern Triangle (NT). Surveys were administered in a public high school-based Latinx immigrant youth support program between Spring 2019 and Spring 2022 (N = 172). A three latent profile model was previously identified, characterized by moderate stress/low buffer (weak resources), moderate stress/moderate buffer (average resources), and low stress/high buffer (strong resources) levels of psychosocial stressors and buffers. Associations of profile membership and the previously mentioned distal stressors with suicidal ideation were examined using multivariable logistic regression. Findings revealed that youth in the strong resources group experienced significant protection from suicidal ideation compared to youth in both the average and weak resources groups. Distal stressors were not significantly associated with suicidal ideation in multivariable analysis. Immigrant youth from the NT may require substantial buffering resources (i.e., ethnic identity importance, and school, family, and peer support) and minimization of proximal immigrant minority stress during post-migration to experience protection from suicidal ideation.
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- John P Salerno
- School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
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- Department of Anthropology, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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Sigmarsdóttir M, Arnesen A, Forgatch MS. Strengthening parenting among refugees in Europe (SPARE): initial feasibility in Iceland and Norway. NORDIC PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/19012276.2023.2175231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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- Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development
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- Oregon Social Learning Center, Implementation Sciences International, Inc, USA
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McWhirter AC, Donovick MR. Acculturation, parenting stress, and children's problem behaviours among immigrant Latinx mothers and fathers. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks California USA
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The aim of this paper is to highlight the important contribution of the lens of distributive justice to an understanding of family relations. Existent justice research in the family tends to focus on specific family relations: spouses, parents and young children, elderly parents and adult children, with most research addressing the division of labor between spouses. We seek to go beyond the specific family relations in order to highlight justice-related themes that are common across family relations. We elaborate upon three claims. First, we show that while the ideal of equality underpins justice in contemporary Western societies, actual distribution practices across family relations are characterized by persistent inequality. Second, although the gap between the ideal of equality and unequal distribution practices may create a sense of injustice among family members, we show why this is not necessarily the case. Third, we elaborate upon the positive and negative consequences that result from feelings of justice or injustice across family relations. We conclude by discussing the interweaving of love and justice in the family.
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- Clara Sabbagh
- Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Holyoak D, McPhee D, Hall G, Fife S. Microlevel Advocacy: A Common Process in Couple and Family Therapy. FAMILY PROCESS 2021; 60:654-669. [PMID: 33247429 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Advocacy is an essential element to mental health practitioners' professional identity. Some scholars contend that many couple and family therapists lack the skill set needed to effectively advocate. However, these researchers often discuss advocacy solely on the macrolevel, which makes advocacy appear unidimensional and may feel out of reach for many practitioners. In this article, we argue that advocacy is not unidimensional, but consists of two levels: macro- and microlevel advocacy. Microlevel advocacy is client-centered and is effectively performed by couple and family therapists on a regular basis. By broadening the definition of advocacy to include the microlevel, we argue that advocacy is a common process of couple and family therapy that cuts across therapy models and is interwoven into the very being of a couple and family therapist. We present in this article a comprehensive case vignette to illustrate how microlevel advocacy may be performed by CFTs. Clinical and training implications are offered to help clinicians begin to bridge the gap between micro- and macrolevel advocacies.
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- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Parent Support Programmes for Families Who are Immigrants: A Scoping Review. J Immigr Minor Health 2021; 24:506-525. [PMID: 33768483 PMCID: PMC8854318 DOI: 10.1007/s10903-021-01181-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Parental support is of paramount importance in the promotion of positive parenting, strengthening parenthood and protecting children from disadvantages due to immigration experiences. The aim was to describe what is known about parent support programmes targeted to families who are immigrants. Electronic databases and the grey literature were systematically and comprehensively searched with no time/language restrictions. JBI approach and PRISMA-ScR were used to guide the review. N = 88 articles were sourced. Interventions were targeted to improve parental practices, skills and family wellbeing, usually through group-based methods. Most interventions included components of positive parenting and family communication. Identifying the needs of the target group and cultural tailoring were reported to be highly important in gaining acceptability, promoting engagement and producing benefits. Parent support programmes for families who are immigrants potentially improve positive parental practices and families’ wellbeing. There are many applicable and effective interventions to be exploited.
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Yakhnich L, Walsh SD. A Phenomenological Study of Immigrant Parents of Adolescents with Delinquent Behavior in Israel. FAMILY PROCESS 2020; 59:1856-1873. [PMID: 32052872 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Scarce qualitative literature has focused on understanding the perspective of parents of adolescents involved in crime, and no prior literature has examined how the status of being a parent of an adolescent who is involved in delinquency intersects with being an immigrant parent. The current phenomenological study examined, through the eyes of immigrant parents, how they comprehend their children's involvement in delinquent behavior. This study examined in-depth semistructured interviews conducted with fourteen immigrant parents (10 mothers and 4 fathers) from the former Soviet Union in Israel of children treated in rehabilitation facilities for delinquent youth. Data analysis revealed a gradual decline in children's behavior ascribed to the developmental stage of adolescence, the pressures of immigration, and cultural conflict. These three factors are interwoven together to create a fabric within which they see their children turning to crime. Parents' gradual loss of control is balanced by attempts to idealize the parent-child relationship and to minimize the severity of the offenses committed. They describe various differing and even contradictory experiences of themselves as parents and their struggles to piece together incohesive, alternating experiences of themselves as parents. Despite the critical role they can play in their children's rehabilitation, as well as the distress that they themselves experience, parents of children involved in delinquent behavior have often been ignored in research. Acknowledging parents' perspectives and experiences can allow development of appropriate therapeutic strategies to support them and maximize their abilities to support their children.
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- Liat Yakhnich
- Department of Youth Development, Beit Berl College, Beit Berl, Israel
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- Department of Criminology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Lebow JL. Editorial: Social Justice in Family Therapy. FAMILY PROCESS 2019; 58:3-8. [PMID: 30851135 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- Jay L Lebow
- Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL
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