INTERCULTURAL METAMORPHOSES: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IMMIGRANTS
Keywords:
Academic Mobility, Mental Health, University Education, Latin AmericansAbstract
In the contemporary educational scenario, marked by the globalization and appreciation of academic education, immigrants leave their countries looking for better educational opportunities. When moving from their places of belonging, these immigrants will have to deal with the distance from the cultural and social references that guided their day-to-day lives and with the cultural and educational difference of the new context, which in turn can generate a state of psychic vulnerability and suffering. This study sought to understand the impacts of immigration on the mental health of undergraduate university immigrants from the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA). To this end, we sought to identify what are the pre and post-migratory risk factors for students' mental health, the post-migration psychological symptoms and finally the pre and post-migratory protection factors. Difficulties were encountered by the participants, but immigration/academic mobility was also shown as a possibility of continuing a life project.
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