Association of perceived immigration policy vulnerability with mental and physical health among US-born Latino adolescents in California
JAMA Pediatrics Aug 08, 2019
Eskenazi B, Fahey CA, Kogut K, et al. - Researchers ascertained if concerns about immigration policy were correlated with worse mental and physical health among US citizen children of Latino immigrants in this cohort study involving 397 US-born adolescents in California. At least sometimes, nearly half of the youth participants were concerned about the personal consequences of US immigration policy, family separation due to deportation, and reporting to the immigration office. In comparison to low or moderate Perceived Immigration Policy Effects Scale (PIPES) scores, greater self-assessed mean anxiety T scores, higher maternally reported anxiety T scores, and worse Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores were noticed in those with high PIPES scores. Over the two visits, youth candidates with high PIPES scores had statistically significantly elevated levels of anxiety but not of depression. Among US-born Latino adolescents, fear and worry about the personal consequences of current US immigration policy and rhetoric seem to be linked to higher anxiety levels, sleep problems, and blood pressure changes. After the 2016 presidential election, anxiety significantly increased.
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