The relationship between postmigration living difficulties, social support, and psychological distress of Burmese refugees in the United States.

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-186
Author(s):  
Kareen N. Tonsing ◽  
Martha Vungkhanching
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Relationship

Migration, emotions and policies of sensibilities in Central America

2021 ◽  
pp. 026858092199333
Author(s):  
Jeanie Maritza Herrera ◽  
Manuel Rivera
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Central America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Irregular Migration ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Conflict Networks ◽  
The Relationship

In Central America, irregular migration to the United States has become an alternative with the aim of finding better living conditions, safety or to achieve the ‘American Dream’. Mobility is linked to conflict networks associated with poverty and violence. This article aims to analyze the problem of migration in Central America and the policies of sensibilities associated with it. First, an overview of social studies on emotions in the region is presented. Then, an analysis of migration policies and the main programs implemented to control irregular migration from Central America to North America, is introduced, specifically the Agreement that designates Guatemala as a ‘Safe Third Country’. As well, a characterization of the migratory context, its institutionality and the mechanisms for containing massive migratory flows is presented, as a demonstration of the relationship between state actions, sensibilities and social support mechanisms associated with migration and migrants’ feelings.

The Relationship between Social Support and Diet Quality in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (8) ◽  
pp. 1272-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Pieroth ◽  
Diane Rigassio Radler ◽  
Patricia M. Guenther ◽  
Philip J. Brewster ◽  
Andrea Marcus
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Discrimination, Church Support, Personal Mastery, and Psychological Distress Among Black People in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 399-399
Author(s):  
James Muruthi ◽  
Bertranna Muruthi ◽  
Reid Thompson Cañas ◽  
Lindsey Romero ◽  
Abiola Taiwo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Personal Mastery ◽  
Church Support ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Everyday Discrimination

Abstract Objective This study used the stress process model to test the mediating effects of personal mastery and moderating effects of church-based social support on the relationship between everyday discrimination and psychological distress across three age groups of African American and Afro-Caribbean adults. Methods Using a national sample of 5008 African Americans and Afro-Caribbean adults from the National Survey of American Life Study, this study employs structural equation modeling to investigate the relationships between everyday discrimination, personal mastery, church-based social support, and psychological disorders. Results Everyday discrimination was an independent predictor of psychiatric disorders across all groups. Group- and age-specific comparisons revealed significant differences in the experience of everyday discrimination and psychiatric disorders. Mastery was a partial mediator of the relationship between discimination and psychiatric disorder among Afro-Caribbeans while church support was a significant moderator only among the young and older African Americans. Implications: Together, our study findings provide useful first steps towards developing interventions to reduce the adverse psychological impacts of everyday discrimination on African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans. Intervention efforts such as individual psychotherapy aimed to improve Afro-Caribbean individuals’ sense of mastery would be a partial solution to alleviating the adverse effects of discrimination on their psychological health.

Abusive Men's Use of Children to Control Their Partners and Ex-Partners

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa L. Beeble ◽  
Deborah Bybee ◽  
Cris M. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
The Relationship

While research has found that millions of children in the United States are exposed to their mothers being battered, and that many are themselves abused as well, little is known about the ways in which children are used by abusers to manipulate or harm their mothers. Anecdotal evidence suggests that perpetrators use children in a variety of ways to control and harm women; however, no studies to date have empirically examined the extent of this occurring. Therefore, the current study examined the extent to which survivors of abuse experienced this, as well as the conditions under which it occurred. Interviews were conducted with 156 women who had experienced recent intimate partner violence. Each of these women had at least one child between the ages of 5 and 12. Most women (88%) reported that their assailants had used their children against them in varying ways. Multiple variables were found to be related to this occurring, including the relationship between the assailant and the children, the extent of physical and emotional abuse used by the abuser against the woman, and the assailant's court-ordered visitation status. Findings point toward the complex situational conditions by which assailants use the children of their partners or ex-partners to continue the abuse, and the need for a great deal more research in this area.

The United States and the Iranian Nuclear Programme

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Hurst
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nixon Administration ◽  
Comprehensive Plan ◽  
The Us ◽  
Nuclear Issue ◽  
The Relationship

The United States, Iran and the Bomb provides the first comprehensive analysis of the US-Iranian nuclear relationship from its origins through to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015. Starting with the Nixon administration in the 1970s, it analyses the policies of successive US administrations toward the Iranian nuclear programme. Emphasizing the centrality of domestic politics to decision-making on both sides, it offers both an explanation of the evolution of the relationship and a critique of successive US administrations' efforts to halt the Iranian nuclear programme, with neither coercive measures nor inducements effectively applied. The book further argues that factional politics inside Iran played a crucial role in Iranian nuclear decision-making and that American policy tended to reinforce the position of Iranian hardliners and undermine that of those who were prepared to compromise on the nuclear issue. In the final chapter it demonstrates how President Obama's alterations to American strategy, accompanied by shifts in Iranian domestic politics, finally brought about the signing of the JCPOA in 2015.

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