Greetings DoSAA members! I am in the middle of my third and final year on the Executive Committee.It has been a privilege to be DoSAA Chair these last few months and work with an incredible team. Atthe AAPA and APA conferences in Toronto this past summer, we held social hours to assess the currentneeds of our South […]
This research study examined how psychological distress, self-esteem, and academic perfor-mance differ across at-risk, temporary, and stable immigration statuses and whether fear of one’s owndeportation and that of family members is associated with psychological distress. Method: We surveyed150 community college students (51% female; M age22.7, SDage2.4) with 3 types of immigrationstatuses: stable (citizen), temporary (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [DACA]
This is not a love story. This is a story that talks about sensitivity, vulnerability and understanding of being with someone who is or was once undocumented. The life of undocumented immigrants who grew up in the United States, also known as the 1.5 generation, can be very difficult and confusing.As a mental health practitioner and researcher, I
