Mental health help-seeking among Latina/o/x undocumented college students.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-15 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000573

Cecilia Ayón, Basia D Ellis, Melissa J Hagan, Laura E Enriquez, Carly Offidani-Bertrand

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Abstract

Objectives: Informed by a social-ecological framework, this study nested undocumented students' individual mental health needs within micro-level campus factors and the macro-level immigration policy context to examine how these are associated with undocumented Latina/o/x college students' use of on-campus mental health services.

Method: A large-scale survey was administered to 1,277 undocumented college students attending 4-year public universities in California. Only Latina/o/x respondents were included in this study (N = 1,181). Fifty percent of students attended a UC system (n = 589). On average, students were 21.84 years old (SE = .15), and most were women (75.3%, n = 890).

Results: Greater level of mental health symptoms and perceived mental health need, and greater use of campus-wide resources and undocumented student services predicted greater likelihood of using on-campus mental health services. Greater perceptions of social exclusion due to the immigration policy context predicted lower use of mental health services.

Conclusions: Results indicate that a greater use of resources and an inclusive campus environment, as well as efforts to minimize policy-related feelings of social exclusion, may facilitate undocumented students' professional mental health help-seeking. These findings emphasize the need to take multiple and multi-level ecological factors into account when considering mental health service use, particularly in the case of undocumented immigrants and likely other structurally marginalized groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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拉丁裔无证大学生寻求心理健康帮助的情况。

研究目的：本研究以社会生态学框架为基础，将无证学生的个人心理健康需求嵌套于微观层面的校园因素和宏观层面的移民政策背景中，研究这些因素与无证拉丁裔/有色人种大学生使用校内心理健康服务的关系：对就读于加州四年制公立大学的 1 277 名无证大学生进行了大规模调查。本研究仅包括拉丁裔/有色人种受访者（N = 1,181）。50% 的学生就读于加州大学系统（n = 589）。学生平均年龄为 21.84 岁（SE = .15），大部分为女性（75.3%，n = 890）：结果：心理健康症状和心理健康需求感知水平越高，使用校园资源和无证学生服务越多，则使用校内心理健康服务的可能性越大。受移民政策影响而产生的社会排斥感越强，则心理健康服务的使用率越低：结果表明，更多地利用资源和包容性的校园环境，以及努力减少与政策相关的社会排斥感，可能会促进无证学生寻求专业的心理健康帮助。这些发现强调，在考虑心理健康服务的使用时，需要考虑到多重和多层次的生态因素，特别是对于无证移民和其他可能被结构性边缘化的群体。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)。

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

6.10%

发文量

101

期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.