ABSTRACT
Deportations from the Unites States (US) to Mexico increased substantially during the last decade. Considering deportation as a stressful event with potential consequences on mental health, we aimed to (1) estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) among deported migrants; and (2) explore the association between migratory experience, social support and psychological variables, and CMD in this group. In repatriation points along the border, a probability sample of deportees responded to the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ). The prevalence of CMD was 16.0% (95% CI 12.3, 20.6). There was a U-shaped association between time in the US and SRQ score. Times returned to Mexico, having a spouse in the US, number of persons in household, less social support, anxiety as a personality trait, and avoidant coping style were directly associated with SRQ score. Public health policies should address the need for mental health care among deported migrants.
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Mental Disorders/ethnology , Mental Health/ethnology , Mexican Americans/psychology , Transients and Migrants/psychology , Undocumented Immigrants/psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Adult , Age Factors , Family Relations/psychology , Female , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/psychology , Mexican Americans/legislation & jurisprudence , Prevalence , Sex Factors , Social Support , Socioeconomic Factors , Time Factors , Undocumented Immigrants/legislation & jurisprudence , United StatesABSTRACT
The aims of the present study were to examinate the correlation between depression and familiar conflicts in adolescents who live in rural or urban communities in Tlaxcala, and to identify differences in the degree of adolescents´ depression according to their gender, as well as in accordancewith the type of community (urban or rural) in which they live. The Family Environment Scale (FES) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used to evaluate 342 participants with a mean age of 13.4 years. Analysis of data was accomplished by Pearson`s correlationcoefficient and variance analysis ANOVA. Results show that depression was found to be negatively related to the family cohesion. Also, based in the ANOVA, results show that only the effects of relation were significant (AU)
El presente estudio se realizó con el objetivo de estimar la relación entre la depresión y los conflictos familiares en adolescentes que habitan en comunidades rurales y urbanasdel Estado de Tlaxcala en la República Mexicana. Un segundo propósito fue determinar si existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los niveles de depresión que presentan los adolescentes según su sexo, así como de acuerdo al tipo de comunidad en la que viven (urbana/rural). Se emplearon la Escala de Clima Familiar (FES) y el Inventario de Depresión de Beck (BDI) para evaluar a 342 adolescentes de Tlaxcala, cuya media de edad fue de 13,43 años. El análisis de los datos se efectuó mediante el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson, y el análisis de varianza (ANOVA). Los resultados muestran que existe una correlación negativa moderada entre la depresión y la cohesión familiar en losparticipantes. En el análisis de varianza sólo los efectos de interacción mostraron ser significativos (AU)
