Application of the Minority Stress Theory: Understanding the Mental Health of Undocumented Latinx Immigrants

This paper applies the Minority Stress framework to data collected from an ongoing community‐based participatory research project with health and social service agencies in Southeast Michigan. We examine the stressors and coping strategies employed by undocumented Latinx immigrants and their familie...

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Published in:	American journal of community psychology Vol. 66; no. 3-4; pp. 325 - 336
Main Authors:	Valentín‐Cortés, Mislael, Benavides, Quetzabel, Bryce, Richard, Rabinowitz, Ellen, Rion, Raymond, Lopez, William D., Fleming, Paul J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Science Ltd 01.12.2020
Subjects:	Action research Anxiety Clinical outcomes Community Community research Community resources Coping Coping strategies Delayed Deportation Discrimination Health problems Health research Health status Hispanic Identity Immigrants Immigration Immigration policy Internalization Interviews Law enforcement Medicine Mental health Mental health care Mental health services Noncitizens Participatory research Political leadership Public health Racism Rhetoric Social agencies Social environment Social isolation Social services Stress Stress management Uncertainty Undocumented immigrants United States > US Michigan Anxiety Discrimination Law enforcement Hispanic Racism Public health
ISSN:	0091-0562, 1573-2770, 1573-2770
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