Evaluating the Effect of Legal Vulnerabilities and Social Support on the Mental Health of Undocumented College Students

Autor/inn/en	Velarde Pierce, Sharon; Haro, Alein Y.; Ayón, Cecilia; Enriquez, Laura E.
Titel	Evaluating the Effect of Legal Vulnerabilities and Social Support on the Mental Health of Undocumented College Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Latinos and Education, 20 (2021) 3, S.246-259 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Haro, Alein Y.) ORCID (Enriquez, Laura E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8431
DOI	10.1080/15348431.2021.1949990
Schlagwörter	Undocumented Immigrants; Mental Health; At Risk Students; Social Support Groups; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Social Discrimination; Social Isolation; Legal Problems; Economic Factors; Racial Discrimination; Ethnicity; Poverty; Undergraduate Students; Gender Differences; Hispanic American Students; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Illegaler Aufenthalt; Psychohygiene; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Angst; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Soziale Isolation; Ökonomischer Faktor; Racial bias; Rassismus; Ethnizität; Armut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kalifornien
Abstract	Undocumented students face considerable stressors due to their precarious legal status, economic disadvantages, and social exclusion. Building on a growing body of the literature that has examined the mental health and psychological wellbeing of undocumented students, we disentangle the effects of multiple dimensions of legal vulnerability. Specifically, we examine whether multiple dimensions of legal vulnerability are associated with increased emotional distress and whether social support moderates this relationship. Using a survey of 1,277 undocumented students in California, we conducted hierarchical regression analyses to determine the unique and combined effects of legal vulnerability and social support on anxiety and depression. We find that legal vulnerabilities, including discrimination, social exclusion, the threat of deportation, and economic insecurity, and social support have direct effects on depression and anxiety symptomatology. The moderating effects of social support are only partially supported. Our results demonstrate the move beyond the study of immigration status to examine the effects of legal vulnerabilities on mental health. (As Provided).
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