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The work-wellbeing Paradox: Exploring the emotional and bodily dimensions of intersectional capitalism among Latinx immigrants in the U.S.
| Τίτλος: | The work-wellbeing Paradox: Exploring the emotional and bodily dimensions of intersectional capitalism among Latinx immigrants in the U.S. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Ruiz-Negrón B; University of New Mexico, Department of Sociology and Criminology, United States., Lemus A; University of New Mexico, Department of Sociology and Criminology, United States., Echeverri Herrera S; University of New Mexico, Department of Sociology and Criminology, United States., Tovar A; University of New Mexico, Department of Sociology and Criminology, United States., Arreola A; New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, United States., Hess JM; University of New Mexico, Department of Pediatrics, United States., Goodkind JR; University of New Mexico, Department of Sociology and Criminology, United States. Electronic address: jgoodkin@unm.edu. |
| Πηγή: | Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2026 Jan; Vol. 388, pp. 118747. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Nov 01. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Pergamon Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8303205 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-5347 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02779536 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soc Sci Med Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon, c1982- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Emigrants and Immigrants*/psychology , Emigrants and Immigrants*/statistics & numerical data , Employment*/psychology , Hispanic or Latino*/psychology , Hispanic or Latino*/statistics & numerical data , Capitalism*, COVID-19/psychology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/ethnology ; Mental Health/ethnology ; United States/epidemiology ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Community-Based Participatory Research ; Emotions ; Qualitative Research |
| Περίληψη: | Latinx immigrants in the United States are disproportionately affected by precarious work and unemployment, which negatively impact their physical and mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges, leading to increased exploitation, work uncertainty/exclusion, and dimensions of precarity tied to bodily integrity. In this paper, we aim to situate Latinx immigrants' experiences within the broader systems that shape these challenges and embodied realities through analysis of qualitative interviews with 52 Latinx immigrant adults across four timepoints of the Immigrant Wellbeing Project, a 5-year community-based participatory research study. Our findings reveal a paradox in the lives of Latinx immigrants wherein work simultaneously provides the means for self-determination and emotional and bodily subjugation. Structural exclusion conditioned work experiences by limiting stable employment and hindering socioeconomic mobility. Despite these structural constraints, neoliberal perceptions of upward mobility shaped the meaning of work, such that hopes for a better future for themselves and their families took precedence over immigrants' physical and emotional wellbeing. Building on the theory of intersectional capitalism and sociocultural analyses of bodily dimensions of structural inequality, we contend this work-wellbeing paradox reflects the diverse sociopolitical locations of marginalized Latinx immigrants within a hierarchized U.S. economy. Further, we argue these harmful impacts on emotions and bodies should be understood as embodied products of intersectional capitalism. (Copyright © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
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| Grant Information: | R01 MH127733 United States MH NIMH NIH HHS; U54 MD004811 United States MD NIMHD NIH HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Health; Immigrant; Intersectional capitalism; Latinx; Work |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20251112 Date Completed: 20251124 Latest Revision: 20251126 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12612601 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118747 |
| PMID: | 41223771 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1873-5347 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118747 |