This assignment is also in 2 Parts. A Discussion and a Project

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Au, A. (2017). Low mental health treatment participation and Confucianist familial norms among East Asian immigrants: A critical review.

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International Journal of Mental Health, 46(1), 1-17. doi:10.1080/00207411.2016.1264036

This article investigated common stigmas that hinder mental health treatment in America by East Asian immigrants. The study contextualized the perspective of the Eastern Asian culture and its reliance on Confucianist principles resulted in lower rates of overall participation in mental health services by this targeted population. By dissecting some cultural norms, the authors cited how interactions amongst the requirements for maintaining the “face” of the family and the stigmatization of mental health hindered the acculturation process as well.

The article highlighted how the institution of family, not mental health practitioners, served as a major coping resource and dually as the position of these ethical principles and standards. Some common mental health problems experienced by East Asian immigrants include depressive disorders, anxiety, and other embodying problems that may arise due to missing or deteriorating coping resources that have grown into issues of abuse.

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Cobb, C. L., Dong, X., Meca, A., Schwartz, S. J., & Moise, R. K. (2017). Perceptions of Legal Status: Associations With Psychosocial Experiences Among Undocumented Latino/a Immigrants.

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Journal Of Counseling Psychology, 64(2), 167-178. doi:10.1037/cou0000189

These authors worked with undocumented Latinos/as to uncover the negative impacts that the current political division in America has produced in terms of discrimination, exploitation, lower income, limited employment opportunities, lower education, realistic fears of deportation, and increased risk for anxiety and substance abuse disorders. Some specific challenges faced by undocumented Latinos/as often include greater immigration challenges, such as separation from families and difficulty with English. Because this group is highly stigmatized group in American society, they may be at greater risk for psychological issues. The article employs the lens of social identity theory to maintain its findings.

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Halim, M. L., Moy, K. H., & Yoshikawa, H. (2017). Perceived ethnic and language-based discrimination and Latina immigrant women’s health.

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Journal of Health Psychology, 22(1), 68. doi:10.1177/1359105315595121

These authors specifically address how perceived acts of ethnic and language-based discrimination impacted Latina immigrant women’s overall health in the United States. The writers conclude that among 132 Mexican and Dominican immigrant women, perceiving ethnic and language-based discrimination yielded more psychological distress and poorer physical health.

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Vargas, E. D., Sanchez, G. R., & Juárez, M. (2017). Fear by Association: Perceptions of Anti-Immigrant Policy and Health Outcomes.

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Journal Of Health Politics, Policy And Law, doi:10.1215/03616878-3802940

The authors assert how political angst within the United States as it is experiencing a renewed period of immigration and immigrant policy activity, especially heightened enforcement of anti-immigration policies and racism, is also causing negative impacts on immigrants’ health, including mental health. Using the 2015 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Latino National Health and Immigration Survey, the authors found negative health consequences associated with Latinos' perceptions of living in states with unfavorable anti-immigration laws, decreased overall health, and increased problems with mental health. Building on the work of public health scholars, this article argues that there is a solid link between this heightened policy environment and the negative mental health of immigrants. This research not only revealed negative health consequences associated with immigration policy on immigrants but also Latinos/as in general.

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Yi, S. S., Beasley, J. M., Kwon, S. C., Huang, K., Trinh-Shevrin, C., & Wylie-Rosett, J. (2016). Acculturation and activity behaviors in Chinese American immigrants in New York City.

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Preventive Medicine Reports, 4404-409. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.08.007

The authors examined acculturation behaviors among Asian Americans and determined that as far as physical activity and fitness engagement. In brief, this study showed how Asian Americans who retained strong identification with Chinese culture were associated with less physical exercise. In contrast, those immigrants with strong identification to American culture exhibit more exercise and fitness behaviors and motivations. These findings assert how acculturation is not always be associated with worsening of physical health behaviors, as some former studies indicated.