• Professor of UG presented the topic in the 6th Symposium of Research of the UNAM

Celaya, Gto., September 26, 2018.- One effect of migration is the impact on the emotional structure of women who remain, who reorganize their daily life from an absence by assuming the role of family caregivers with the use of remittances as a source of protection, growth and family care, explained Dr. Eloy Maya Perez, researcher at UG.

Dr. Eloy Maya Perez is a professor of the Celaya-Salvatierra Campus and participated in the VI colloquium of Research called "Emotions in the framework of social sciences, Interdisciplinary perspectives", which was carried out at the facilities of the Faculty of Superior studies, Iztacala of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Professor Eloy Maya has conducted studies on the topic of migration and its link with emotions, which allows him to explain how undocumented migration affects the mental health conditions of migrant couples and the experience of partner affective of the community of origin.

Before members of the national Network of sociocultural studies of emotions (RENISCE), professors and students of psychology, Dr. Eloy spoke about the emotions present in the women couples of migrants provoked during the period of absence-wait, as well as of the ways in which he alters and reorganizes his life.

"Migration questions the traditional order of the family, takes it out of the norm to insert it into new normalizing dynamics; In this dynamic, the woman extracts from itself energies, powers or products not manifest until then," explained Dr. Maya Pérez.

He shared some of the emotions expressed by women during the development of research, who came to present episodes of emotional crisis-pain, sadness, anger-by evoking painful passages by absence.

In his participation he highlighted the various approaches that have been tried to explain the phenomenon of migration. He focused on the emotional effects at the personal level of transnationalism, reminiscent of conditions of discomfort in relation to mental health, which leads to wonder if it would be possible to manage mental health care services for populations violated by migration.

The women who stay and wait for the arrival of the spouse suffer from dense psychosocial conditions that have not been able to be discussed in public health spaces and mental and psychological health care, said Dr. Eloy. He therefore called for the creation of community support and containment areas beyond institutional support.

To share with the community the research work carried out by the professors of the University of Guanajuato contributes to create more empathetic and participatory societies, as well as to influence the design of public policies that cater to the population groups affected, commented Dr. Eloy in discussing the importance of his participation in this colloquium.