Toward a Typology of Transnational Communication among Venezuelan Immigrant Youth: Implications for Behavioral Health

We identify subtypes of Venezuelan youth based on patterns of technology-based communication with friends in their receiving (US) and sending (Venezuela) countries and, in turn, examine the behavioral health characteristics among different “subtypes” of youth. Using data from 402 recently-arrived Ve...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2021-10, Vol.23 (5), p.1045-1052
Main Authors: Salas-Wright, Christopher P., Vaughn, Michael G., Goings, Trenette Clark, Cobb, Cory L., Cohen, Mariana, Montero-Zamora, Pablo, Eschmann, Rob, John, Rachel, Andrade, Patricia, Oliveros, Kesia, Rodríguez, José, Maldonado-Molina, Milded M., Schwartz, Seth J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Communication
Comparative Law
Emigrants and Immigrants
Friendship
Health behavior
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Immigrants
International & Foreign Law
Mass media
Medical technology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Migration
Noncitizens
Original Paper
Private International Law
Public Health
Social media
Sociology
Substance abuse
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders
Subtypes
Technology
Telecommunications
Transnationalism
Typology
Voice communication
Youth
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Summary:We identify subtypes of Venezuelan youth based on patterns of technology-based communication with friends in their receiving (US) and sending (Venezuela) countries and, in turn, examine the behavioral health characteristics among different “subtypes” of youth. Using data from 402 recently-arrived Venezuelan immigrant youth (ages 10–17), latent profile analysis and multinomial regression are employed to examine the relationships between technology-based communication and key outcomes. We identified a four-class solution: [#1] “Daily Contact in US, In Touch with Venezuela” (32%), [#2] “Daily Communication in Both Countries” (19%), [#3] “Weekly Contact: More Voice/Text Than Social Media” (35%), and [#4] “Infrequent Communication with US and Venezuela” (14%). Compared to Class #1, youth in Classes #2 and #3 report elevated depressive symptomatology and more permissive substance use views. Findings suggest that how youth navigate and maintain transnational connections varies substantially, and that technology-based communication is related to key post-migration outcomes.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-020-01099-y