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Systems of Oppression: The Impact of Discrimination on Latinx Immigrant Adolescents’ Well-Being and Development

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Torres, Stephanie A., Sosa, Susana S., Flores Toussaint, Roxanna J., Jolie, Sarah, Bustos, Yvita·2022·Journal of Research on Adolescence

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With over 400 harmful immigration policy changes in the past 4 years, Latinx adolescents and families nationwide are developing within a context of extreme anti-immigrant sentiment (Dismantling and reconstructing the U.S. immigration system: A catalog of changes under the Trump presidency, Migration Policy Institute, 2020). This paper introduces the Multitiered Model of Oppression and Discrimination (MMOD), a conceptual model for understanding the impacts of multiple levels of discrimination on the well-being and development of Latinx immigrant adolescents. Interpersonal discrimination (Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2010, 32, 259), community-held stereotypes (Social Psychology of Education, 2001, 5, 201), institutional policies (Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, 87, 192), and structural practices (Journal of Criminal Justice, 2020, 66, 1) can negatively impact well-being and development among these adolescents. Culturally sustaining interventions, civic engagement and mobilization, and policies targeting inequitable policies and practices will provide healing and an avenue for liberation.

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Authors
Torres, S. A., Sosa, S. S., Flores Toussaint, R. J., Jolie, S., & Bustos, Y.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
  • Loyola University Chicago (US)
  • Loyola University Chicago
Corresponding author
Torres, Stephanie A.
Venue
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-04
Volume
32
Issue
2
Pages
501-517
ISSN
  • 1050-8392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7795
OpenAlex
W4223940371
Cited by
46
References
109
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5
FWCI
14.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Loyola eCommons (Loyola University of Chicago) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Latin American and Latino Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
Keywords
discrimination, systemic oppression, immigration policy, anti-immigrant sentiment, interpersonal discrimination, institutional discrimination, structural discrimination, youth welfare, adolescent development, citizen participation, liberation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Child, Emigration and Immigration, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Race Relations, Emigrants and Immigrants

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