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

Mary Lehman Held, Jennifer M. First, Melody Huslage and Marie Holzer

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 307, issue C

Abstract: 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 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.

Keywords: Latinx adults; Mental health; Immigration policies; Southeastern U.S.; Depression; Anxiety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115172

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