Policy stress and social support: Mental health impacts for Latinx Adults in the Southeast United States

被引:13
作者
Held, Mary Lehman [1 ]
First, Jennifer M. [2 ]
Huslage, Melody [2 ]
Holzer, Marie [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tennessee, Coll Social Work, 193 Polk Ave,Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37221 USA
[2] Univ Tennessee, Coll Social Work, 1618 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
关键词
Latinx adults; Mental health; Immigration policies; Southeastern U; S; Depression; Anxiety; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; ACCULTURATIVE STRESS; LIFE STRESS; SPANISH; ENGLISH; DETERMINANTS; DESIRABILITY; AMERICANS; ANXIETY; SCALE;
D O I
10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115172
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background: Latinx, and especially Mexican and Central American, adults in the United States (U.S.) have been detrimentally impacted by policies under the Trump administration that instilled continual stress associated with immigration enforcement. Both native-and foreign-born adults are affected when either they or loved ones are deported, resulting in family disruption. Though research has established a connection between Trump-era exclusionary immigration policies ration and mental health status of Latinx community members, data are notably lacking for Mexicans and Central Americans in the southeastern U.S., where enforcement activity is particularly high.Methods: To inform service provision and policymaking, the current study was designed to investigate stress associated with policies under the Trump administration on two mental health outcomes (depression and anx-iety) among Mexican and Central American adults in the southeastern U.S. Additionally, the mediating effect of social support on the relationship was examined. A sample of 264 Mexican and Central American adults in the southeast was surveyed via an online platform. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), we employed a two-step procedure to first test a measurement model to ensure that the latent variables were explained by the in-dicators. In the next step, we estimated a structural model for hypothesized direct and indirect relationships between Trump-era policy stress, social support, and two outcome variables: depression and anxiety.Results: Findings suggest that Trump-era policy stress significantly and positively predicted depression and anxiety symptoms. In addition, policy stress predicted lower levels of social support, which in turn, predicted more symptoms of both depression and anxiety.Conclusion: Findings can inform service provision and policymaking for a vulnerable community that un-derutilizes mental health services.
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