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Technology-based communication among Hurricane Maria survivors in the United States: a trans-territorial lens

PURPOSE: Rooted in a trans-territorial framework, the present study was designed to provide new evidence regarding the patterns of communication among Hurricane Maria survivors who migrated to the U.S. in the aftermath of the storm. METHODS: A total of 319 Hurricane Maria survivor adults ages 18 and...

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Autores principales: Pineros-Leano, M., Salas-Wright, C. P., Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Hodges, J. C., Brown, E. C., Bates, M. M., Mendez-Campos, B., Rodríguez, J., Schwartz, S. J.
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Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36564584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02404-w
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author Pineros-Leano, M.
Salas-Wright, C. P.
Maldonado-Molina, M. M.
Hodges, J. C.
Brown, E. C.
Bates, M. M.
Mendez-Campos, B.
Rodríguez, J.
Schwartz, S. J.
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Salas-Wright, C. P.
Maldonado-Molina, M. M.
Hodges, J. C.
Brown, E. C.
Bates, M. M.
Mendez-Campos, B.
Rodríguez, J.
Schwartz, S. J.
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description PURPOSE: Rooted in a trans-territorial framework, the present study was designed to provide new evidence regarding the patterns of communication among Hurricane Maria survivors who migrated to the U.S. in the aftermath of the storm. METHODS: A total of 319 Hurricane Maria survivor adults ages 18 and older were recruited into the Adelante Boricua study between August 2020 and October 2021. Most participants had relocated to the U.S. between 2017 and 2018. We used latent profile analysis and multinomial regression to examine the relationship of technology-based communication with depressive symptoms, well-being, cultural connection, and migration stress. RESULTS: We identified a five-class solution, consisting of (1) moderate communication (32%), (2) disengaged (24%), (3) no social media (18%), (4) daily with family in Puerto Rico (6%), and (5) daily trans-territorial (13%) typologies. Participants in the disengaged class were more likely to report elevated depressive symptoms and limited English proficiency, lower prosocial behaviors, lower levels of religiosity, lower attendance at religious services in the U.S., and less engagement in social activities, compared to participants in the Moderate Communication class. CONCLUSION: Roughly one in four individuals in our sample reported very limited technology-based communication with friends/family in their sending and new-receiving communities. As technology and smartphones continue to become integrated into 21st-century life, it is vital that researchers explore how the tremendous potential for connectedness relates to trans-territorial crisis migrants’ well-being and adaptation.
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spelling pubmed-97893012022-12-27 Technology-based communication among Hurricane Maria survivors in the United States: a trans-territorial lens Pineros-Leano, M. Salas-Wright, C. P. Maldonado-Molina, M. M. Hodges, J. C. Brown, E. C. Bates, M. M. Mendez-Campos, B. Rodríguez, J. Schwartz, S. J. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Original Paper PURPOSE: Rooted in a trans-territorial framework, the present study was designed to provide new evidence regarding the patterns of communication among Hurricane Maria survivors who migrated to the U.S. in the aftermath of the storm. METHODS: A total of 319 Hurricane Maria survivor adults ages 18 and older were recruited into the Adelante Boricua study between August 2020 and October 2021. Most participants had relocated to the U.S. between 2017 and 2018. We used latent profile analysis and multinomial regression to examine the relationship of technology-based communication with depressive symptoms, well-being, cultural connection, and migration stress. RESULTS: We identified a five-class solution, consisting of (1) moderate communication (32%), (2) disengaged (24%), (3) no social media (18%), (4) daily with family in Puerto Rico (6%), and (5) daily trans-territorial (13%) typologies. Participants in the disengaged class were more likely to report elevated depressive symptoms and limited English proficiency, lower prosocial behaviors, lower levels of religiosity, lower attendance at religious services in the U.S., and less engagement in social activities, compared to participants in the Moderate Communication class. CONCLUSION: Roughly one in four individuals in our sample reported very limited technology-based communication with friends/family in their sending and new-receiving communities. As technology and smartphones continue to become integrated into 21st-century life, it is vital that researchers explore how the tremendous potential for connectedness relates to trans-territorial crisis migrants’ well-being and adaptation. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-12-24 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9789301/ /pubmed/36564584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02404-w Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2022. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Pineros-Leano, M.
Salas-Wright, C. P.
Maldonado-Molina, M. M.
Hodges, J. C.
Brown, E. C.
Bates, M. M.
Mendez-Campos, B.
Rodríguez, J.
Schwartz, S. J.
Technology-based communication among Hurricane Maria survivors in the United States: a trans-territorial lens
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title_short Technology-based communication among Hurricane Maria survivors in the United States: a trans-territorial lens
title_sort technology-based communication among hurricane maria survivors in the united states: a trans-territorial lens
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36564584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02404-w
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