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Citation

Kim, Su Yeong; Schwartz, Seth J.; Perreira, Krista M.; & Juang, Linda P. (2018). Culture's Influence on Stressors, Parental Socialization, and Developmental Processes in the Mental Health of Children of Immigrants. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 14, 343-370. PMCID: PMC6589340

Abstract

Children of immigrants represent one in four children in the United States and will represent one in three children by 2050. Children of Asian and Latino immigrants together represent the majority of children of immigrants in the United States. Children of immigrants may be immigrants themselves, or they may have been born in the United States to foreign-born parents; their status may be legal or undocumented. We review transcultural and culture-specific factors that influence the various ways in which stressors are experienced; we also discuss the ways in which parental socialization and developmental processes function as risk factors or protective factors in their influence on the mental health of children of immigrants. Children of immigrants with elevated risk for mental health problems are more likely to be undocumented immigrants, refugees, or unaccompanied minors. We describe interventions and policies that show promise for reducing mental health problems among children of immigrants in the United States.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050817-084925

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2018

Journal Title

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Author(s)

Kim, Su Yeong
Schwartz, Seth J.
Perreira, Krista M.
Juang, Linda P.

PMCID

PMC6589340

ORCiD

Perreira - 0000-0003-2906-0261