Carola Suárez?Orozco|Hee Jin Bang|Ha Yeon Kim
I Felt Like My Heart Was Staying Behind: Psychological Implications of Family Separations &amp; Reunifications for Immigrant Youth
New York University|William Thomas Grant Foundation|New York University
though many transnational families undergo profound transformations often complicated extended periods separation loved ones challenging establish sense prevalence family separations well effects youth utilizing longitudinal immigrant student adaptation data 282 newcomer adolescents china central america dominican republic haiti mexico authors report nearly three quarters participants separated one parents extended periods results general linear model glm analyses indicate children separated parents likely report symptoms anxiety depression initial years migrating children separated followup analyses 5 years later show symptoms abated qualitative data youth parents shed light experience separations reunifications