Intergenerational Trauma and Resilience among Im/Migrant Families: Child Mental Health Outcomes and Psychosocial Mechanisms of Transmission

Research Background: Psychological stressors leading to poor mental health outcomes accumulate throughout the migration process. The impact of a parent or caregiver’s posttraumatic stress on non-traumatized children is significant and may lead to adverse development and mental health outcomes. Research Objectives: The objective of this review is to explore both the consequences of parental trauma transmission on descendants’ psychological adjustment and well-being, and the mechanisms through which trauma has been transmitted among im/migrant populations. Methods: Criteria outlined in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement guided this systemic review. The questions guiding this review are: (a) What are the consequences of parental trauma transmission on the psychological adjustment and well-being of im/migrant offspring? And (b) What are the psychosocial mechanisms of trauma and resilience transmission among im/migrant populations? Each potential study was assessed based on relevance to the review question(s). Results: Parental trauma can lead to adverse mental health outcomes among descendants including increased internalizing and externalizing problems, the adoption of coping behaviors and worldviews, and worsening school performance. Mechanisms that influence trauma transmission include parental trauma symptom severity, the parent-child dyad, social learning, and family stressors. Pathways of resilience exist across socioecological levels to include individual resilience such as coping skills and meaning making, family resilience, structural protective factors, and social and cultural protective factors. Conclusions: Despite the prevalence of traumatic events throughout the migration process, im/migrant families display strong levels of resilience. Mental health services and providers should incorporate a strength-based approach in designing interventions that are culturally responsive and take into accounts the broader ecological contexts in which im/migrant families live.

Impact of Migrant Populations on Tuberculosis Rates in Saudi Arabia: Assessing How Migration Patterns Affect TB Incidence and Control Measures: A Narrative Review

This research focuses on the effects of migration on the TB infection rate and its prevention in Saudi Arabia, which has a large number of expatriates from TB-affected countries. Despite, based on the current global statistics of TB occurrence, it is evident that the national incidence of TB has reduced from 10.55 per 100,000 in 2015 to 8.36 per 100,000 in 2019;despite this, there are still some difficulties because migrants bring new strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Hindrances, including language barriers and perceived immigration status, hinder patients from seeking medical attention or doctors from diagnosing diseases. Each patient and each cultural group need special attention to public health, enhancing living circumstances, and health care support. Community participation, inclusion of TB control programs into functional healthcare facilities, and the functioning of TB programs need to be stressed to address TB issues. Considering the focus on social, economic, and cultural approaches, the country can make severe advancements in TB control and population protection. This holistic analysis is critical for a long-term effective strategy to combat TB in the Kingdom.

Maternal Mortality Rates among Im/Migrant Populations in the United States

Introduction: Maternal mortality rates have more than doubled in the U.S over the last two decades, making it one of the few places in the world where maternal mortality is increasing. Differences in maternal mortality among certain races and ethnicities are known but few studies examine maternal mortality among immigrants. Since immigrants represent 13.7% of the U.S. population, it is essential to examine immigrant subsets to understand maternal mortality among this vulnerable population. Methods: A literature search identified 318 articles on maternal mortality and immigrants, with 12 articles from the U.S. The keywords included maternal mortality, United States, migrants, asylum seekers, immigrants, and disparities. Maternal mortality statistics were obtained from the World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control. Results: Studies analyzed in this review found an overall lower maternal mortality rate among immigrant women compared to U.S.-born women, except for Hispanic immigrant women. Black women had the highest maternal mortality rate, regardless of immigration status. Conclusion: Although the literature points to lower maternal mortality among immigrants, the data is still somewhat mixed, making it challenging to draw comprehensive conclusions. Additional research examining maternal mortality among Im/migrants in the U.S. is needed to guide future training among healthcare professionals and policymakers.

Economic Growth:The Fundamental Path to the Realization of Social Security Rights for Migrant Workers

The International Labour Organization seems to only see the aspect of social security promoting economic growth,while neglecting the aspect of economic growth supporting social security.From the standpoint of materialism and the practice of social security,the realization of social security rights for migrant workers fundamentally depends on economic growth.The Belt and Road Initiative has provided a Chinese solution for creating a strong material and technological foundation to meet the social security needs of all people,including migrant workers.

What Drives Migrants Back to Set up Firms?Return-home Entrepreneurial Intention of Rural Migrant Workers in China

The extant literature on international immigrants has discussed migrants’entrepreneurial activities in the context of Western countries but has paid little attention to return-home entrepreneurial intention(RHEI).Rural migrant workers(RMWs)in China,who used to promote rural development by remittances and were characterized by similarities with early international migrants,have gradually returned to their hometowns to initiate entrepreneurial activities.Based on the structured questionnaire conducted in 2015 and 2020in Anhui Province,China,this article combines the concept of mixed embeddedness with the idea of double-layered embeddedness and analyzes the impacts of the social,economic and institutional context in RMWs’hometowns and migration destinations on RMWs’RHEI by using binary logistic regression.The article shows that the social,economic,and institutional environments of RMWs’hometowns and migration destinations have effects on their RHEI.The embeddedness in the economic and informal institutional context in RMWs’RHEI is even more important than personal characteristics.Compared with migration destinations,RMWs’hometowns exert a more influential effect on their RHEI.However,that does not mean that the role of migration destinations can be undervalued.Actually,the better the social,economic,and institutional environments of migration destinations RMWs moved into is,the higher entrepreneurial intention they will have after returning to their hometowns.The article proposes a modified framework in combination of mixed embeddedness with double-layer embeddedness and proves that it is suitable for analyzing RMWs’RHEI.The framework has important implications for strengthening China’s RMWs to return home to start their own businesses.

Neighborhood Effects and Political Trust: A Multi-level Analysis of Chinese Rural-to-Urban Migrants’ Trust in County Government

Massive rural-to-urban migration in China is consequential for political trust: rural-to-urban migrants have been found to hold lower levels of trust in local government than their rural peers who choose to stay in the countryside (mean 4.92 and 6.34 out of 10, respectively, p < 0.001). This article explores why migrants have a certain level of political trust in their county-level government. Using data of rural-to-urban migrants from the China Family Panel Survey, this study performs a hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to unpack the multi-level explanatory factors of rural-to-urban migrants’ political trust. Findings show that the individual-level socio-economic characteristics and perceptions of government performance (Level-1), the neighborhood-level characteristics-the physical and social status and environment of neighborhoods (Level-2), and the objective macroeconomic performance of county-level government (Level-3), work together to explain migrants’ trust levels. These results suggest that considering the effects of neighborhood-level factors on rural-to-urban migrants’ political trust merits policy and public management attention in rapidly urbanizing countries.

数字经济对农民工就业质量的影响机制分析

本文在系统梳理数字经济对劳动力市场作用机制基础上,采用2020年中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)数据和全国25个省(市、自治区)数据进行匹配,以探究数字经济发展对农民工就业质量的影响。研究发现,数字经济能显著提升农民工就业质量,具体表现为减少劳动时间、改善福利保障和提高工作满意度,但对其工资收入和工作稳定性呈负向影响。进一步分析表明,数字经济可通过推动产业结构高级化和提升信息获取便利度赋能农民工高质量就业,且该作用存在行业异质性。据此建议,优化数字经济平台,完善薪酬保障和支付体系;注重数字技术推广,建立就业信息平台;推动公平就业机会和福利保障,促进行业间协同发展。

互联网嵌入、资源获取与新农人创业成长绩效

将互联网思维纳入互联网嵌入变量,依据江西、河南和安徽512户新农人调查数据,运用内生转换回归(ESR)模型考察了互联网嵌入对新农人创业成长绩效的影响效应,并采用中介效应模型实证检验了资源获取在二者之间的传导机制。研究发现:互联网嵌入显著提升了新农人创业成长绩效,同时扩大了新农人创业成长绩效的差距;相对于返乡创业农民工和本土农业创业者,互联网嵌入对返乡创业大学生和跨界创业者创业成长绩效的促进作用更大,相对于非新型经营主体,互联网嵌入对新型经营主体新农人创业成长绩效的促进作用更大。机制结果分析显示:互联网嵌入有利于提升新农人的人力资源、社会资源、财务资源、政策资源,进而提高其创业成长绩效。因此,要进一步提高新农人互联网嵌入水平,提升其互联网的资源获取能力,增强互联网嵌入对创业成长绩效的作用,同时采取差异化支持政策,加强对弱势新农人支持力度,促进新农人创业成长。

数字经济发展与农民工就业质量:契机与困境——基于CFPS 2018数据的多层模型分析

数字经济的发展为农民工高质量就业注入了新动能,为其转型升级提供了契机,但同时也带来了新困境。基于2018年中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)数据,采用HLM模型从多层视角剖析了数字经济对农民工就业质量的影响及其内在机制,并揭示了农民工就业质量各个维度的实际问题。研究结果表明,数字经济在宏观层面优化了就业结构,在微观层面促进了弱关系社会资本以及人力资本的积累,进而显著改善了农民工的就业质量,尤其是在收入水平提升和劳动合同签订率方面;但也存在部分低收入农民工无法享受“数字收入红利”以及“灵活化”劳动合同的问题。数字经济对工作时间的影响表现出双向效应,数字经济的快速发展所催生的新型职业岗位和劳动关系模式,也暴露出劳动保障缺失的制度漏洞。异质性分析进一步表明,数字经济会对具有某些特征的农民工群体产生偏向性,会加剧农民工内部的不平等。最后针对性地提出了改善农民工就业质量的政策建议。

政府补贴会提升返乡农民工创业绩效吗——基于西部地区脱贫县的调查

借助892份西部地区脱贫县的调研数据,运用Logit模型实证研究政府补贴对返乡农民工创业绩效的影响。研究发现,政府补贴显著提升返乡农民工的创业绩效,结果在进行稳健性检验后依然有效。异质性分析结果表明,政府补贴对涉农创业、新生代及家庭位于山区的农民工创业绩效的促进作用更明显;获得政府补贴的返乡农民工通过扩大创业规模来提高创业绩效。因此,应有效利用政府补贴,促进返乡农民工创业规模扩张;鼓励新生代农民工返乡创业,为涉农创业者群体提供多元指导,优化山区农民工家庭的创业保障体系,拓宽贫困山区农民创业路径。

身份、锚点、归属:流动青少年社会性生存的自我建构

随着教育政策改革走向深入,流动青少年社会性生存的制度环境不断向好。已有的主体性视角研究表明流动青少年可以能动地建构流动生活,但对于他们社会性生存中的资源与限制、采取的主体性策略等都有待深入研究。通过对城市公立高中就读的流动青少年进行深度访谈,以扎根理论构建社会性生存的理论分析框架,发现,流动青少年尝试在正式标准、社会交往、象征符号以及情感依恋的多重维度上发展社会性“锚点”。他们虽然在多维“锚点”组合中体验到差异化的归属感,但是都以将身份锚定于安全的位置为生存目标,通过自我适应、反思性的自我表达和目标取向的关系塑造等策略,逐渐实现了社会性生存的自我建构。

流动的老年与虚拟的社交:随迁老人微信社会支持研究

随迁老人群体规模的迅速增长与中国新型城镇化进程紧密相连。在流动性、老龄化、数字化交叠的城市空间,随迁老人群体在随子女迁徙的过程中面临着脱嵌与再嵌入的困境。相较于非随迁老人,随迁老人的微信使用总体更为熟练;微信在其生活中起到了增权益能的作用,尤其是以社交补位的方式,帮助该群体于虚拟空间弥合实体距离,在一定程度上实现了线下关系的再聚合与再拓展;但技术的普及与使用是一个不均衡的赋权过程,现实个体差异仍然影响着该群体在互联网平台上的资源与支持的获取。如何让仍在负重前行的随迁老人老有所依,应有赖于线上线下多元支持网络的构建以及代际、友辈间多维的深度沟通。

流动儿童社会排斥、自尊、亲子依恋与抑郁的关系:一项追踪研究

目的:为探讨流动儿童社会排斥、自尊、亲子依恋与抑郁的动态关系。方法:以班级为单位对385名流动儿童进行为期一年的纵向追踪调查。采用协方差结构方程模型对前、后两次4个研究变量间的动态关系进行检验。结果:控制年龄和性别作用后显示:①流动儿童前测社会排斥可以预测其后测抑郁水平(β=0.12,P<0.01);②流动儿童前测自尊在社会排斥对抑郁的即时和延时预测中均起部分中介作用,中介效应值分别是0.11和0.03;③流动儿童前测亲子依恋在其前测社会排斥影响后测抑郁的中介路径前半段中起延时调节作用,调节效应值为-0.12。结论:①社会排斥可以预测流动儿童的抑郁水平;②自尊在社会排斥和流动儿童抑郁中起即时和延时中介作用;③亲子依恋能够延时调节流动儿童社会排斥与自尊的关系。

返乡农民工乡村旅游创业动机对创业幸福感的影响机制——基于链式中介效应的实证研究

返乡农民工旅游创业为乡村创造了大量就业岗位,使得乡村活力不断增强,为经济和社会发展带来了贡献和价值.该研究通过对321位返乡旅游创业农民工进行的调查问卷,运用多元回归分析和Bootstrap中介检验方法,对返乡农民工乡村旅游创业动机如何影响创业幸福感的影响机制进行了实证研究.结果显示:返乡农民工乡村旅游创业幸福感和创业自我效能感均处于中等偏上的水平;创业动机能够显著提升创业幸福感;创业环境和创业自我效能感是创业动机提升创业幸福感的中介变量,二者存在链式中介效应;返乡农民工的乡村旅游生存性创业动机对创业幸福感是完全中介效应,社会性创业动机对创业幸福感是部分中介效应,社会性创业动机比生存性创业动机的返乡农民工创业幸福感更高.

新型城镇化背景下心理健康对农民工城市融入的影响

提升农民工心理健康水平和促进农民工城市融入是推进新型城镇化的应有之义。文章基于2427份农民工微观调查数据,构建系统全面的指标,利用因子分析、OLS回归、分位数回归方法,研究心理健康对农民工城市融入的影响。结果发现,积极向上的心理状态能够有效地促进农民工城市融入,消极负面的心理状态不利于农民工的城市融入。在不同的分位点,心理健康对城市融入的影响有较大差异。此外,年龄、受教育程度、婚姻状况、父母随迁状况、家庭中在外一起务工人数等控制变量对农民工的城市融入产生显著影响。在研究结论基础上,提出在促进农民工融入城市过程中,相关部门应当关注、重视农民工心理健康问题,采取保障措施、改善其心理健康状况;针对不同融入度的农民工,差异化制定提升心理健康水平措施,帮助农民工更好地融入城市。

移民安置区农地流转意愿影响因素及耦合协调关系研究——以贵州PQ水库为例

移民问题是水利水电项目中的关键问题,关系到社会稳定与乡村振兴。运用地理探测器,因子分析法和耦合协调度模型对水库移民农地转入意愿与安置区农户农地转出意愿影响因素及其耦合协调关系进行研究。研究结果表明:(1)安置点社区融入状况,转入农地的距离,种植业等技能培训,农地价值,家庭农业劳动力人数,非农就业机会对移民农地转入意愿起着主要影响作用;非农就业水平,对土地权益受损的担忧程度,是否有闲置土地,非农就业机会,对土地流转政策了解程度,土地流转收益预期对安置区农户农地转出意愿起着主要的影响作用。(2)各影响因子之间存在两两交互关系,其中任意两因子交互作用后因子解释力均明显增强。转入农地的距离与安置区融入情况的交互作用对移民农地转入意愿的影响力最大;农地细碎化程度,是否有闲置土地,非农就业机会这3个因子与对土地权益受损担忧程度的交互作用对安置区居民农地转出意愿的影响力最大,家庭人均耕地面积安置区居民农地转出意愿具有隐形作用。(3)移民农地转入意愿与安置区农户农地转出意愿存在强关联性,二者相互影响,相互促进,并处于农地转入意愿超前的基本协调阶段。

数字乡村建设与农民工就业质量提升

数字乡村建设一方面通过新业态新模式创造出更多更高质量的就业岗位,另一方面通过拓宽信息渠道促进农民工人力资本和社会资本积累,增强农民工在就业市场上的竞争力和议价能力,因而可以赋能农民工高质量就业。将2018年的县域数字乡村指数数据与中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)数据进行匹配,从客观和主观两个维度综合评价农民工的就业质量,检验数字乡村建设对农民工就业质量的影响,结果表明:数字乡村建设显著提高了农民工就业质量,该结论在内生性处理和一系列稳健性检验中依然成立;数字乡村建设具有显著的信息改善效应,可以通过拓宽信息渠道、促进人岗匹配、增强社会信任等路径来提高农民工的就业质量;数字乡村建设对女性农民工、在婚农民工、中青年农民工、学历较高的农民工和已接入互联网的农民工具有更显著的就业质量提升作用。因此,应加快推进数字乡村建设,充分发挥其各种积极效应,并有效缩小城乡间和农村地区内部的数字鸿沟,促进数字乡村协调发展。

流动老年人口家庭代际关系的类别分析及其与健康状况的关系

目的:探讨我国流动老年人口的家庭代际关系类别及其与健康的相关性。方法:以中国老年社会追踪调查2014~2018数据库中的流动老年人口(60岁及以上且人户分离)为研究对象,从躯体健康(ADL)与认知健康(MMSE)两个维度评估流动老年人口健康状况。采用潜在类别分析法探讨流动老年人口家庭代际关系类别,并以多元线性回归分析揭示不同类别与健康状况的关联。结果:流动老年人口家庭代际关系类别可分为“情感型关系组”(7.6%)、“疏离型关系组”(6.2%)、“紧密型关系组”(39.6%)、“近而有间型关系组”(8.3%)与“接受型关系组”(38.4%)。流动老年人口的躯体健康与认知健康在5种不同代际关系类别上的分布差异均具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。家庭代际关系类别是流动老年人口健康的影响因素,情感型关系组与接受型关系组的流动老年人口躯体健康状况更好(P<0.05),而疏离型关系组的流动老年人口认知健康状况更差(P<0.05)。结论:良好的家庭代际关系能对流动老年人口的躯体健康与认知健康产生积极影响。建议应优化家庭资源分配,提高子代代际支持水平,加强代际情感交流,同时推动家庭责任合理分担,降低家庭对流动老年人口向下代际支持的依赖。

东北三省人口流失的结构性与流向特征——基于长时序人口普查数据的区域比较分析

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