(Dr. Gonzalez was the keynote speaker at the 2013 ILACHE Conference.)
Roberto G. Gonzales, Carola Suárez-Orozco and Maria Cecilia Dedios-Sanguineti
American Behavioral Scientist 2013 57: 1174 originally published online 24 May 2013
Abstract
This article examines the consequences of undocumented immigration status for those who grow up in the United States. The aim is to examine the relationship between undocumented immigrant status and mental and emotional health. Our efforts focus on undocumented immigrants who arrive as children and spend most of their formative years in the United States. The experiences of these undocumented
members of the 1.5 generation are quite different from those who migrate as adults.
We are interested in better understanding the effects confusing and conflicting experiences of inclusion and exclusion have on their mental and emotional health as well as the protective factors that may shape resilience. While previous scholarship has drawn some important implications to experiences of stress among undocumented youth and young adults, to our knowledge, no work has been done to explicitly draw the link to mental and emotional health. The article concludes with some suggestions for future research on the topic.
Keywords
undocumented, immigrant, youth, mental, health
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