Leveraging community psychology to counter harmful policies and foster well-being in migrant children.

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Bradley D Olson, Noé Rubén Chávez, Caleb J Kamplain, Jordan Tackett Russell
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Abstract

Harmful child detention and deportation policies, along with dehumanizing migrant narratives, are part of a global pattern of systemic oppression targeting people on the move. This paper reviews the psychological harms experienced by migrant children caused by detention, separation, and deportation, critiquing the limitations of trauma-focused, individual therapeutic approaches often adopted by service-oriented fields. Community psychology principles are presented as an alternative framework, emphasizing ecological and systemic approaches to design more just and humane immigration policies at societal, organizational, and community levels. The paper explores evidence of harm, the strengths and limitations of therapeutic approaches, and harmful policies such as Trump's zero-tolerance policy and emerging US deportation plans. It also highlights positive frameworks, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, such as organizational policies and legal standards centered on the child's best interests. Using a social-ecological lens, the paper examines harmful policies that escalate risks, stressors, and barriers and highlights humane and protective factors. The authors examine how community psychology challenges oppressive systems, promotes community-based alternatives, and amplifies the voices of migrant children and families. These efforts underscore the transformative potential of community psychology in addressing immigration injustices through collective action and systemic change.

利用社区心理学对抗有害政策,促进流动儿童的福祉。
有害的儿童拘留和驱逐政策,以及不人道的移民叙述,是针对流动人口的系统性压迫的全球模式的一部分。本文回顾了移民儿童因拘留、分离和驱逐而遭受的心理伤害,批评了服务型领域经常采用的以创伤为重点的个体治疗方法的局限性。社区心理学原则作为另一种框架提出,强调生态和系统的方法,在社会、组织和社区层面设计更公正和人道的移民政策。本文探讨了伤害的证据,治疗方法的优势和局限性,以及有害的政策,如特朗普的零容忍政策和正在出现的美国驱逐计划。它还强调了积极的框架,包括《联合国儿童权利公约》,例如以儿童最大利益为中心的组织政策和法律标准。本文从社会生态的角度审视了加剧风险、压力源和障碍的有害政策,并强调了人道和保护因素。作者研究了社区心理学如何挑战压迫性制度,促进以社区为基础的替代方案,并放大流动儿童和家庭的声音。这些努力强调了社区心理学在通过集体行动和系统变革解决移民不公正问题方面的变革潜力。
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CiteScore
6.30
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9.70%
发文量
55
期刊介绍: The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first person accounts of stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy. The journal encourages submissions of innovative multi-level research and interventions, and encourages international submissions. The journal also encourages the submission of manuscripts concerned with underrepresented populations and issues of human diversity. The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: individual, family, peer, and community mental health, physical health, and substance use; risk and protective factors for health and well being; educational, legal, and work environment processes, policies, and opportunities; social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes; social welfare, social justice, and human rights; social problems and social change; program, system, and policy evaluations; and, understanding people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts.
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