Research has shown that children of undocumented Latinx parents in the United States are at greater risk for negative long-term effects on their mental health and overall well-being. Chief among these concerns are the negative effects of disrupted attachment processes, as deported parents are often taken from their families by force and required to parent from afar, if they can continue parenting at all. Despite the ubiquity of deported families, little is known about the effects of deportation on the attachment of left-behind children and the subsequent potential disruptive effect of deportation on their adult relationships. This phenomenological study aims to understand how adults who have experienced parental deportation in their childhood describe the effects of that event on their adult intimate relationships. Themes of (1) ambiguous loss; (2) inability to trust others; (3) fear of separation from loved ones; and (4) shame emerged and are discussed considering existing literature on attachment theory, immigration, and the Latinx population. Treatment implications are also discussed.

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对父母驱逐出境对成人亲密关系影响的看法

研究表明，在美国，无证拉丁裔父母的孩子的心理健康和整体福祉面临更大的长期负面影响的风险。这些担忧中最主要的是依恋过程被破坏的负面影响，因为被驱逐出境的父母经常被强行从家人身边带走，并被要求远方养育子女，如果他们还能继续养育子女的话。尽管被驱逐家庭无处不在，但人们对驱逐出境对留守儿童依恋的影响以及驱逐出境对其成年关系的潜在破坏性影响知之甚少。这项现象学研究旨在了解童年经历过父母驱逐出境的成年人如何描述该事件对其成年亲密关系的影响。 (1) 模糊性损失的主题； （二）不能信任他人的； （3）害怕与亲人分离； （4）羞耻感的出现，并考虑现有的关于依恋理论、移民和拉丁裔人口的文献进行讨论。还讨论了治疗影响。