TRUE/FALSE
Latinx are at a higher risk for getting COVID because many live in crowded or multigenerational homes.
True
Lack of ethnically and racially diverse mental health providers and bilingual providers.
What are cultural and language barriers?
some mental health issues that Latinx immigrants experiences
What is Psychological distress, cultural shock, marginal and social alienation, PTSD, Psychosomatic symptoms and depression?
being fluent in more than one language
What is being bilingual?
These groups struggle to reconcile new experiences with the expectations of family and society
What is Latinx/e/o/a and asian-american?
Children of immigrant parents are more likely than those of U.S born parents to live in two-parent families.
True (84 vs. 71 percent)
Inability to access reliable transportation.
What is transportation barrier?
The feeling associated with many children of immigrants growing up conscious of the enormous sacrifices that their parents have made and spend the rest of their lives proving to their parents that the suffering was not in vain
What is guilt?
Examples of these include: importance of family, and valuing spirituality
What are cultural values?
This group will contribute to 60% of the US population growth by 2060, moving from 17% to 31% of the population
What is the Latinx/e/o/a population?
overtime, Latinx people who are also immigrants to the US or children of immigrant parents, may be pressured to adapt cultural values and worldviews that many US citizens hold, thus losing parts of themselves and this may impact their mental health
True
Viewing something negatively or with shame.
What is stigma?
The consequences of children's mental wellbeing of losing a parent, having to hide a family member’s legal status, and living in fear of authority and in social marginality.
What is high rates of anxiety, depression, fear, attention problems and rule-breaking behaviors?
Latinx come from a ______ _______ where group activities are dominant, responsibility is shared, and accountability is collective.
What is collectivist culture?
The concept of _________: emphasizes male strength, honor, emotional reserve, and confidence. Like gender roles in any culture, these traits can be helpful or harmful depending on the context.
What is machismo?
Most children of immigrants are NOT disproportionately poor or low‐income.
FALSE. About half of children of immigrants live in low‐income households vs. 37 percent of children of U.S. born parents.
inability to pay for medical costs
What is affordability/health insurance barrier?
U.S. born Latinx are at a higher risk of this than those who immigrated to the U.S
The behaviors and tactics a person uses to interact with others effectively which can benefit one to create relationships with people from other cultures due to own cultural differences and understanding.
What are interpersonal skills?
Latinx refers to a group of individuals from the same geographical location meanwhile Hispanic refers to a group of individuals who speak a certain language
What is the difference between Latinx and Hispanic?
25% of children of immigrants are of Hispanic descent.
FALSE. More than half of children of immigrants are Hispanic.
Worrying about their immigration status
What is fear of deportation/law enforcement?
personal psychosocial conflict especially in adolescence that involves confusion about one's social role and often a sense of loss of continuity to one's personality.
What is identity issues/crisis?
The advantages of being bi-cultural
The best of both worlds :)
Latinx are often cast in roles that involve criminality, poverty or immigration. What are these called?
What are stereotypes?