Anxious Activists? Examining Immigration Policy Threat, Political Engagement, and Anxiety among College Students with Different Self/Parental Immigration Statuses.

Restrictive immigration policies harm the mental health of undocumented immigrants and their U.S. citizen family members.

Immigration-Related Discrimination and Mental Health among Latino Undocumented Students and U.S. Citizen Students with Undocumented Parents: A Mixed-Methods Investigation.

Research has consistently linked discrimination and poorer health; however, fewer studies have focused on immigration-related discrimination and mental health outcomes. Drawing on quantitative surveys (N = 1,131) and qualitative interviews (N = 63) with Latino undergraduate students who are undocumented or U.S.

Mental health help-seeking among Latina/o/x undocumented college students.

Objectives: Informed by a social-ecological framework, this study nested undocumented students' individual mental health needs within micro-level campus factors and the macro-level immigration policy context to examine how these are associated with undocumented Latina/o/x college students' use of on-campus mental health services.

Method: A large-scale survey was administered to 1,277 undocumented college students attending 4-year public universities in California. Only Latina/o/x respondents were included in this study ( = 1,181).

Mental Health and COVID-19 Pandemic Stressors Among Latina/o/x College Students with Varying Self and Parental Immigration Status.

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced significant psychological distress for college students due to the sudden proliferation of stressors. We examine whether and how self and parental immigration status contributes to Latina/o/x college students' mental health and pandemic stressors during the initial months of the pandemic. We draw on quantitative and qualitative survey data collected in March-June 2020 with 1,600 Latina/o/x University of California undergraduate students from three self-identified groups: undocumented students, US citizens with at least one undocumented parent, and US citizens with lawfully present parents.

Physical and mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among college students who are undocumented or have undocumented parents.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic may have disproportionately affected the mental and physical health of undocumented students and students with undocumented parents.

Methods: We analyzed primary data from 2111 California college students collected March-June 2020. We estimated the odds of mental or physical health being affected "a great deal" by COVID by immigration group and then examined whether this was moderated by campus belonging or resource use.

Beyond access: Psychosocial barriers to undocumented students' use of mental health services.

Rationale: Little is known about how undocumented immigrants navigate healthcare utilization issues apart from access.

Objective: We examine a unique population of undocumented immigrants who have access to healthcare - college students at the University of California - to identify how immigration status hinders mental health service utilization in the absence of barriers related to eligibility and insurance coverage.

Method: We conducted semistructured interviews between March and July 2017 with 30 undocumented students at a University of California campus.