Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers

Emigrating and having to leave children behind may be a risk factor for the mental health of immigrants. This study aimed to compare the psychological symptoms reported by immigrant mothers and fathers who took their children with them with those who left their children behind. The sample comprised...

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Autores: Kirchner, Teresa, Patiño, Camila, Forns, Maria, 1946-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/121186
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Emigració i immigració
Salut mental
Relacions home-dona
Llatinoamericans
Emigration and immigration
Mental health
Man-woman relationships
Latin Americans
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spelling Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathersKirchner, TeresaPatiño, CamilaForns, Maria, 1946-Emigració i immigracióSalut mentalRelacions home-donaLlatinoamericansEmigration and immigrationMental healthMan-woman relationshipsLatin AmericansEmigrating and having to leave children behind may be a risk factor for the mental health of immigrants. This study aimed to compare the psychological symptoms reported by immigrant mothers and fathers who took their children with them with those who left their children behind. The sample comprised 213 Latin American immigrants (123 women and 90 men). The results showed that mothers who did not have their children with them reported more psychological symptoms than those who did. Few differences were observed in the case of fathers, except that those who had their children with them reported more symptoms related with somatization. After controlling for possible confounding variables ('time since immigration', 'having a job', 'legal status' and 'social support') it is concluded that for mothers not being accompanied by one's children explains the largest proportion of the psychological symptoms analyzed, although the time since immigration also accounts for some of the variance in the case of depressive symptomatology and general distress. It is likely that the despair and frustration felt by mothers grows as time goes on and they remain unable to reunite the family. These results may be useful in terms of designing prevention and intervention programs with immigrant mothers.Universitat de Barcelona2011info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/121186Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Anuario-psicologia/article/view/8240Anuario de Psicología, 2011, vol. 41, num. 1-3, p. 107-122(c) Universitat de Barcelona, 2011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1211862026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
title Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
spellingShingle Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
Kirchner, Teresa
Emigració i immigració
Salut mental
Relacions home-dona
Llatinoamericans
Emigration and immigration
Mental health
Man-woman relationships
Latin Americans
title_short Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
title_full Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
title_fullStr Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
title_full_unstemmed Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
title_sort Children left behind during immigration: psychological symptoms for Latin-American mothers and fathers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kirchner, Teresa
Patiño, Camila
Forns, Maria, 1946-
author Kirchner, Teresa
author_facet Kirchner, Teresa
Patiño, Camila
Forns, Maria, 1946-
author_role author
author2 Patiño, Camila
Forns, Maria, 1946-
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Emigració i immigració
Salut mental
Relacions home-dona
Llatinoamericans
Emigration and immigration
Mental health
Man-woman relationships
Latin Americans
topic Emigració i immigració
Salut mental
Relacions home-dona
Llatinoamericans
Emigration and immigration
Mental health
Man-woman relationships
Latin Americans
description Emigrating and having to leave children behind may be a risk factor for the mental health of immigrants. This study aimed to compare the psychological symptoms reported by immigrant mothers and fathers who took their children with them with those who left their children behind. The sample comprised 213 Latin American immigrants (123 women and 90 men). The results showed that mothers who did not have their children with them reported more psychological symptoms than those who did. Few differences were observed in the case of fathers, except that those who had their children with them reported more symptoms related with somatization. After controlling for possible confounding variables ('time since immigration', 'having a job', 'legal status' and 'social support') it is concluded that for mothers not being accompanied by one's children explains the largest proportion of the psychological symptoms analyzed, although the time since immigration also accounts for some of the variance in the case of depressive symptomatology and general distress. It is likely that the despair and frustration felt by mothers grows as time goes on and they remain unable to reunite the family. These results may be useful in terms of designing prevention and intervention programs with immigrant mothers.
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