This study advances knowledge concerning 1.5-and second-generation Indian American women's perspectives and experiences of sexual violence. The findings underscore the complexity of sociocultural context and socialization and their impact on traumatic stress, coping, and help-seeking. They also help in guiding culturally informed interventions with 1.5and second-generation Indian American survivors of sexual violence. www.apa.org/pubs/journals/aap
Este artículo presenta los discursos construidos a partir de la relación infancias y migraciones internacionales, mostrando cómo niñas, niños y adolescentes son vistos desde las vulnerabilidades en las migraciones y a la vez propone superar esta mirada para comprender las migraciones desde los enfoques de interseccionalidad y de derechos, centrando el análisis en el derecho a la educación en Colombia, un país que se ha convertido en lugar de tránsito y destino de migrantes, principalmente venezolanos en los últimos cinco años.
Sexual violence against women is a significant public health crisis that is understudied among Mexican American communities. Yet, there has been little attention directed to sociocultural factors that shape conceptualizations of and responses to sexual violence among Mexican American women. Guided by an integrative contextual framework, this qualitative study aimed to expand knowledge of how second generation Mexican American women conceptualize, experience, and respond to sexual violence. Semistructured interviews focused on conceptualizations of sexual violence, socialization concerning gender, sex, and sexual violence, experiences, and impact of sexual violence, coping, and help-seeking were conducted with 16 women between 20 and 38 years of age ( M = 27.13). The interview data, analyzed using qualitative conventional content analysis, revealed four broad domains: (a) implicit and explicit messages about sexuality and sexual violence, (b) psychological consequences of sexual violence, (c) barriers to disclosing violence and seeking help, and (d) sources of resilience and healing. Findings indicated that conceptualizations of sexual violence and coping were influenced by complex interactions among several sociocultural contexts, including families, religious and ethnic communities, and the mainstream U.S. context.
The diverse New Immigrant Population Diverse OriginsWhile immigrants to the United States come from all over the world, in the last 3 decades migration has primarily originated from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia. One third of the foreign-born population in the United States is from Mexico, and a total of 55% originate from Latin America (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). The four states with the largest numbers of immigrants (California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas) have already become "majority/minority" (less than 50% White) states (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011a). Educational and Professional DiversityImmigrants arrive in the United States with varied levels of education. At one end of the spectrum are highly educated immigrant adults (Portes & Rumbaut, 2006) who comprise a quarter of all U.S. physicians, 24% of the nation's science and engineering workers with bachelor's degrees, and 47% of scientists with doctorates. Many highly educated and skilled immigrant adults, however, find a dramatic decrease in employment opportunities when they immigrate
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