INTERCULTURAL METAMORPHOSES: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IMMIGRANTS

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Academic Mobility, Mental Health, University Education, Latin Americans

Abstract

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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ALISSON VINICIUS SILVA FERREIRA, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA)

raduado em psicologia pela faculdade Guairacá, com especialização em saúde mental pela faculdade Campo Real, mestre em psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Trabalha como psicólogo na Pró-Reitoria de Assuntos Estudantis da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA). É pesquisador do Núcleo de Estudos sobre Psicologia, Migrações e Culturas (NEMPsiC), no qual integra o grupo de pesquisa "Psicologia, Cultura e Saúde mental", vinculado à linha de pesquisa "Migrações, processos psicológicos e saúde mental". Tem como principais áreas de interesse a educação e sua relação com a saúde mental, fracasso acadêmico, ações afirmativas na universidade, imigração e saúde mental, psicanálise e etnopsicanálise.

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2022-09-28

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SILVA FERREIRA, A. V., & Borges, L. M. . (2022). INTERCULTURAL METAMORPHOSES: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IMMIGRANTS. Educação Em Revista, 38. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/25665

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Vol. 38 (2022)

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