Vignette Analysis of Roberto and Juan and Sylvia and Deborah
Case of Roberto and Juana
Biological Components In the case, Roberto is an eleven-year-old male who lives with his parents Jose and Juana. Robert’s mother, Juana, is a thirty-five-year-old Latina who emigrated from Guatemala and works mostly as a housewife with occasional babysitting. Jose, the father, works in the U.S. Army and enlisted in Iraq for twelve months. During the time Jose enlisted in Iraq, Juana experienced a difficult pregnancy with Roberto causing a difficult delivery and severe hemorrhage and psychological problems. Roberto was born in the United States into a family where the father is absent and the mother suffers from chronic stress. The family currently rents …show more content…
During Juana’s life, she had few social supports both in Guatemala and in the United States. She explains having very few social supports and felt along during the process of immigration and life in Guatemala. Because she grew up in a poor country, these living conditions caused her to have obtained stress. These stresses relate to the lack of socioeconomic resources, causing greater financial instability and less autonomy and control. The financial instability relates to secondary stress that Juana experiences and traumatic childhood by the violence and poverty within Guatemala (Gaugler, Linder, Given, Kataria, Tucker, & Regine, 2008, p. 116). These stressful situations cause mental health issues isolating herself from discussing her immigration experiences. In addition, these immigration stories cause difficulty to explain because of certain language barriers that Juana faces after moving to the United States. These experiences become categorized in type four traumas that relates to cultural and racial trauma experienced in her hometown. Juana experiences psychosocial trauma produced through social relationships and addressing such issues includes discussing the social fabric of the community (Anckermann, Dominguez, Soto, Kjaerule, Berliner, & Mikkelsen, 2005, p. 138). In order for Juana to have a better living situation, she eventually immigrated to the United States. The emigration process is something hard for her to discuss because of cultural, racial, and psychosocial traumas experienced during the process. Juana did not have any strong social connections after immigrating to the United States until she met her husband, Jose. Even with such experiences, Juana continues to have a close relationship with Roberto and Jose whenever they are home. On the other hand, Roberto has a good relationship with the mother, but does not have close relationship with
Case of Roberto and Juana
Biological Components In the case, Roberto is an eleven-year-old male who lives with his parents Jose and Juana. Robert’s mother, Juana, is a thirty-five-year-old Latina who emigrated from Guatemala and works mostly as a housewife with occasional babysitting. Jose, the father, works in the U.S. Army and enlisted in Iraq for twelve months. During the time Jose enlisted in Iraq, Juana experienced a difficult pregnancy with Roberto causing a difficult delivery and severe hemorrhage and psychological problems. Roberto was born in the United States into a family where the father is absent and the mother suffers from chronic stress. The family currently rents …show more content…
During Juana’s life, she had few social supports both in Guatemala and in the United States. She explains having very few social supports and felt along during the process of immigration and life in Guatemala. Because she grew up in a poor country, these living conditions caused her to have obtained stress. These stresses relate to the lack of socioeconomic resources, causing greater financial instability and less autonomy and control. The financial instability relates to secondary stress that Juana experiences and traumatic childhood by the violence and poverty within Guatemala (Gaugler, Linder, Given, Kataria, Tucker, & Regine, 2008, p. 116). These stressful situations cause mental health issues isolating herself from discussing her immigration experiences. In addition, these immigration stories cause difficulty to explain because of certain language barriers that Juana faces after moving to the United States. These experiences become categorized in type four traumas that relates to cultural and racial trauma experienced in her hometown. Juana experiences psychosocial trauma produced through social relationships and addressing such issues includes discussing the social fabric of the community (Anckermann, Dominguez, Soto, Kjaerule, Berliner, & Mikkelsen, 2005, p. 138). In order for Juana to have a better living situation, she eventually immigrated to the United States. The emigration process is something hard for her to discuss because of cultural, racial, and psychosocial traumas experienced during the process. Juana did not have any strong social connections after immigrating to the United States until she met her husband, Jose. Even with such experiences, Juana continues to have a close relationship with Roberto and Jose whenever they are home. On the other hand, Roberto has a good relationship with the mother, but does not have close relationship with