Immigration Status and College Students’ Psychosocial Well-Being

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ID9730530
AuthorsGermán A Cadenas (0000-0001-6661-496X, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, corresponding author), H Kenny Nienhusser (0000-0001-9013-0682, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)
Year2021
Volume50
Issue3
Pages197-200
Publication date2021-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x20962470
OpenAlexW3091334257
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited14

Differences in psychosocial well-being were examined between college students with abject immigration status (i.e., undocumented, other temporary documentation), students with permanent status (i.e., U.S. citizenship, permanent residency), and students with visas using a set of one-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs). The data were collected from 76 institutions participating in the Healthy Minds Study during the 2018–2019 academic year. Measures of psychosocial well-being included positive mental health, anxiety, depression, discrimination, campus inclusion, and ethnic identity. Results revealed that on all measures, except ethnic identity, students with abject immigration status experienced worse well-being than other students, and these differences were statistically significant. Findings have implications for strengthening campus supports for immigrant students in response to their psychosocial well-being needs

Academic achievement · Anxiety · Citizenship · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Immigration · Inclusion (mineral · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sociology · Well-being · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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