Immigrant Youth (Selected)

2019  Perreira KM, Pedrazo JM. Policies of Exclusion: Implications for the Health of Immigrants and Their Children. Annual Review of Public Health, 40:146-166.

2019    Mejivar C. and Perreira KM. Undocumented and Unaccompanied: Children of Immigration in the United States and Europe. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45:197-217.

2018   Kim, SY, Hou Y, Song J, Schwartz SJ, Chen S, Zhang M., Perreira KM, Parra-Medina D. Profiles of language brokering experiences and contextual stressors: Implications for adolescent outcomes in Mexican immigrant families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(8):1629-1648.

2018  Kim SY, Schwartz SJ, Perreira KM, Juang LP. Culture’s Influence on Stressors, Parental Socialization, and Developmental Processes in the Mental Health of Children of Immigrants, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 14:343-370.

2016  Perreira KM, Cofie, L. Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families in the Healthcare System. In Detlaff, A. and Fong, R. (Eds.) Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families: Culturally Responsive Practice.  New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

2015  Yahirun J, Perreira K, Fuligni A. Family Identity and Obligation across Contexts: A Comparison of Latino Youth in North Carolina and Southern California. Journal of Family Issues, 36(10):1296-1323.

2011  Kiang L, Perreira K, Fuligni, A. Ethnic Label Use in Adolescents from Traditional and Non-Traditional Immigrant Communities. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(6): 719-729.

2011  Perreira K, Ornelas I. The Physical and Psychological Well-being of Immigrant Children. The Future of Children, 21(1):195-218.

2011  Perreira K. Mexican Families in North Carolina: The Socio-historical Contexts of Exit and Settlement. Southeastern Geographer, 51(2): 260-286

2010 Ko L, Perreira K. “It Turned My World Upside Down:” Latino Youths’ Perspectives on Immigration. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(3): 465-493.

2010    Powell D, Perreira K, Harris K. Trajectories of Delinquency from Adolescence to Adulthood. Youth and Society, 41(4): 475-502.

2009  Fuligni A, Perreira KM. Immigration and Adaptation, In Villaruel FA, Carlo G, Grau JM, Azmitia M, Cabrera NJ, Chahin TJ. (Eds.) Handbook of U.S. Latino Psychology: Developmental and Community-Based Perspectives, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2006  Perreira K, Chapman M, Stein G. Becoming an American Parent: Overcoming Challenges and Finding Strength in a New Immigrant Latino Community. Journal of Family Issues 27(10): 1383-1414.

2007  Perreira, K., Harris, K.M., Lee, D. Immigrant Youth in the Labor Market. Work and Occupations, 34(1): 5-34.