Characteristics of Abused Immigrant Women with Children Who Obtain Legal Immigrant Status: Implications for Frontline Intervention Strategies Academic Article

abstract

• 2018, 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The purpose of this paper is to explore the association of the characteristics of abused immigrant women and approval of legal immigrant status. The research is based on 44 month follow-up data of a subsample of 94 abused immigrant women in the U.S. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between acculturation, anxiety, and emotional support and legal immigrant status. The paper concludes that abused immigrant women who apply for legal status are more acculturated, more anxious, and have less emotional support. Implications for front line providers are discussed.

authors

• Montalvo-Liendo, Nora

published proceedings

• Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies

author list (cited authors)

• Nava, A., McFarlane, J., Maddoux, J., Gilroy, H., Montalvo-Liendo, N., & Zhou, W.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Nava, Angeles||McFarlane, Judith||Maddoux, John||Gilroy, Heidi||Montalvo-Liendo, Nora||Zhou, Weidan

publication date

• April 2019

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4403 Demography
• 4409 Social Work
• Behavioral And Social Science
• Clinical Research
• Mind And Body

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/15562948.2018.1434263

start page

• 222

end page

• 239

volume

• 17

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2018.1434263