We have curated this section to highlight policy, public perception, and the complexities of immigration in America.
Scholarly articles
Bekteshi, V., & Kang, S. W. (2020). Contextualizing acculturative stress among Latino immigrants in the United States: A systematic review. Ethnicity & health, 25(6), 897-914.
Borges, S. (2020). “We have to do a lot of healing”: LGBTQ migrant Latinas resisting and healing from systemic violence. Journal of lesbian studies, 24(2), 94-109.
Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Adames, H. Y., Perez-Chavez, J. G., & Salas, S. P. (2019). Healing ethno-racial trauma in Latinx immigrant communities: Cultivating hope, resistance, and action. American Psychologist, 74(1), 49.
Ekwonye, A. U., Ezumah, B. A., & Nwosisi, N. (2021). Meaning in life and impact of COVID-19 pandemic on African immigrants in the United States. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2.
Elirtl, M. M., Rentería, R., Dillon, F. R., Babino, R., De La Rosa, M., & Brenner, R. E. (2019). Longitudinal associations between marianismo beliefs and acculturative stress among Latina immigrants during initial years in the United States. Journal of counseling psychology, 66(6), 665.
Garcini, L. M., Rosenfeld, J., Kneese, G., Bondurant, R. G., & Kanzler, K. E. (2022). Dealing with distress from the covid‐19 pandemic: Mental health stressors and coping strategies in vulnerable Latinx communities. Health & social care in the community, 30(1), 284-294.
Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., Stafford, A. M., Nagy, G. A., Befus, D. R., & Conklin, J. L. (2021). A systematic review of physical health consequences and acculturation stress among Latinx individuals in the United States. Biological Research for Nursing, 23(3), 362-374.
Guo, M., Steinberg, N. S., Dong, X., & Tiwari, A. (2018). A cross-sectional study of coping resources and mental health of Chinese older adults in the United States. Aging & mental health, 22(11), 1448-1455.
Guo, M., Kim, S., & Dong, X. (2019). Sense of filial obligation and caregiving burdens among Chinese immigrants in the United States. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(S3), S564-S570.
Lee, J., Hong, J., Zhou, Y., & Robles, G. (2020). The relationships between loneliness, social support, and resilience among Latinx immigrants in the United States. Clinical social work journal, 48, 99-109.
Lovato, K. (2019). Forced separations: A qualitative examination of how Latino/a adolescents cope with parental deportation. Children and Youth Services Review, 98, 42-50.
Morgan-Consoli, M. L., & Unzueta, E. (2018). Female Mexican immigrants in the United States: Cultural knowledge and healing. Women & Therapy, 41(1-2), 165-179.
Naseh, M., Ilea, P., Aldana, A., & Sutherland, I. (2023). Family separation as an oppressive tool: A scoping review of child separation from the primary caregiver as the result of migration policies. Children and Youth Services Review, 107157.
Omenka, O. I., Watson, D. P., & Hendrie, H. C. (2020). Understanding the healthcare experiences and needs of African immigrants in the United States: a scoping review. BMC Public Health, 20, 1-13.
Sangalang, C. C., Becerra, D., Mitchell, F. M., Lechuga-Peña, S., Lopez, K., & Kim, I. (2019). Trauma, post-migration stress, and mental health: A comparative analysis of refugees and immigrants in the United States. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 21, 909-919.
Shibusawa, T., & Mui, A. C. (2018). Stress, coping, and depression among Japanese American elders. In Social Work Practice with the Asian American Elderly (pp. 63-81). Routledge.
Valentín‐Cortés, M., Benavides, Q., Bryce, R., Rabinowitz, E., Rion, R., Lopez, W. D., & Fleming, P. J. (2020). Application of the minority stress theory: Understanding the mental health of undocumented Latinx immigrants. American journal of community psychology, 66(3-4), 325-336.
Books
Arnold, E. (2011). Working with families of African Caribbean origin: Understanding issues around immigration and attachment. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Congress, E.P. (2016). Introduction: Legal and social work issues with immigrants. In F. Chang- Muy & E.P. Congress (Eds.), Social work with immigrants and refugees: Legal issues, clinical skills, and advocacy (pp. 3-42). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Dimitrova, R., Bender, M., & Van de Vijver, F. (Eds.). (2014). Global perspectives on well-being in immigrant families (p. 17). New York, NY: Springer.