Redefining communities: The association between deferred action, online and offline social capital and depressive symptoms among undocumented young adults.

ABSTRACT: An explosion in Internet use, social networking sites, and COVID-19 has promoted a new concept in health - online social capital, defined as linkages to online social networks that promote trust and group norms. Particularly for the 1.3 million undocumented young adult immigrants who "live in the shadows," the Internet may serve as a place of support and information. This study examines the association between documentation status (defined as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status), offline social capital, online social capital, and depressive symptoms among foreign-born Latino and Asian and Pacific Islander young adults in California (N = 208) using data from an internet-based survey conducted in 2017. This study found that those without DACA status had higher online social

SUBMITTER: Sudhinaraset M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683852 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature