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24.12.2022 | Original Paper

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

verfasst von: M. Pineros-Leano, C. P. Salas-Wright, M. M. Maldonado-Molina, J. C. Hodges, E. C. Brown, M. M. Bates, B. Mendez-Campos, J. Rodríguez, S. J. Schwartz

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 7/2023

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Abstract

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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Titel: Technology-based communication among Hurricane Maria survivors in the United States: a trans-territorial lens
verfasst von: M. Pineros-Leano
C. P. Salas-Wright
M. M. Maldonado-Molina
J. C. Hodges
E. C. Brown
M. M. Bates
B. Mendez-Campos
J. Rodríguez
S. J. Schwartz
Publikationsdatum: 24.12.2022
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 7/2023
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02404-w

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