ERIC Number: EJ1291273
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Publication Date: 2021-Apr
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Immigration Status and College Students' Psychosocial Well-Being
Cadenas, Germán A.; Nienhusser, H. Kenny
Educational Researcher, v50 n3 p197-200 Apr 2021
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.
Descriptors: Well Being, College Students, Immigrants, Undocumented Immigrants, Citizenship, Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Ethnicity, Racial Discrimination, Social Discrimination, College Environment, Inclusion, Student Personnel Services, Student Needs, At Risk Students
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