Mexican Immigrant Women’s Reconstruction of Punishment and Victimhood in Intimate Partner Violence
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DOI: 10.1177/1077801219850347
Abstract: Utilizing 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Mexican immigrant women in Southern California, we argue that participants employ a bifocal lens to develop perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV). By drawing on existing knowledge from Mexico… read more here.
Keywords: immigrant women; intimate partner; mexican immigrant; partner violence ... See more keywords
Deconstructing PTSD: Trauma and emotion among Mexican immigrant women
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DOI: 10.1177/1363461520903120
Abstract: The symptomatology for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) narrowly focuses on particular diagnostic frames and a single triggering event. Such narrow definitions of trauma and recovery have been heavily critiqued by anthropologists and cultural psychiatrists for… read more here.
Keywords: immigrant women; symptomatology; cultural idioms; deconstructing ptsd ... See more keywords
Age at Arrival and Depression among Mexican Immigrant Women in Alabama: The Moderating Role of Culture
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095342
Abstract: Mexican-born women in the U.S. are at high risk of depression. While acculturation is the primary analytical framework used to study immigrant mental health, this research suffers from (1) a lack of specificity regarding how… read more here.
Keywords: age arrival; among mexican; immigrant women; mexican immigrant ... See more keywords