Miles over Mind: Transnational Death and Its Association with Psychological Distress Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants

Publication Date

2020

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology

Keywords

Transnational death, Undocumented Mexican immigrants, Psychological distress

Abstract

Objective: This study examined the association between transnational death and psychological distress among undocumented Mexican immigrants. The Minority Stress Model and a disenfranchised grief perspective were used as frameworks for this study.

Method: Respondent driven sampling (RDS) was used to collect data from clinical interviews with 248 undocumented Mexican immigrants residing near the US–Mexico border.

Results: After controlling for relevant covariates, experiencing transnational death was a significant predictor of clinically significant distress in this at-risk population.

Conclusions: Our findings underscore the need to contextualize transnational death among undocumented immigrants from a perspective of disenfranchised grief that requires the development of contextually and culturally sensitive interventions aimed at addressing the high prevalence of transnational death and its associated distress in this marginalized population.

Copyright Date

3-1-2019

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Garcini, L. M., Galvan, T., Brown, R., Chen, M., Klonoff, E. A., Ziauddin, K., & Fagundes, C. P. (2020). Miles over mind: Transnational death and its association with psychological distress among undocumented Mexican immigrants. Death Studies, 44(6), 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1573862

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Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

Provenance

Received from CHORUS

Language

English (eng)

Publication Title

Death Studies

Volume

44

Issue

6

First Page

357

Last Page

365

ISSN

1091-7683

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