Krista M. Perreira|India J. Ornelas
Painful Passages: Traumatic Experiences and Post-Traumatic Stress among U.S. Immigrant Latino Adolescents and their Primary Caregivers
University of Washington
using data stratified random sample 281 foreignborn adolescents parents study provides data migrationrelated trauma exposures examines migration process influences risk experiencing trauma developing posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd find 29 foreignborn adolescents 34 foreignborn parents experienced trauma migration process among experienced trauma 9 adolescents 21 parents risk ptsd premigration poverty combined clandestine entry us increased risk trauma subsequent development ptsd symptoms postmigration experiences discrimination neighborhood disorder exacerbated risk social support familism mitigated results emphasize importance understanding factors prior migration combine influence health immigrants