Title | Stress and Resilience: Key Correlates of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Hispanic Community Health Study of Latino Youth. |
Publication Type | Publication |
Year | 2019 |
Authors | Perreira KM, Marchante AN, Schwartz SJ, Isasi CR, Carnethon MR, Corliss HL, Kaplan RC, Santisteban DA, Vidot DC, Van Horn L, Delamater AM |
Journal | J Immigr Minor Health |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 4-13 |
Date Published | 2019 Feb |
ISSN | 1557-1920 |
Keywords | Acculturation, Adolescent, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Child, cigarette smoking, Cohort Studies, Cultural Characteristics, Depression, Emigrants and Immigrants, Family Relations, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Male, mental health, Public Health, Resilience, Psychological, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Substance-Related Disorders, United States |
Abstract | This study examined associations of immigrant generation, acculturation, and sources of stress and resilience with four outcomes-depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, alcohol susceptibility, and smoking susceptibility. We used data from 1466 youth (ages 8-16) enrolled in the Hispanic Community Health Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth), a probability sample of Hispanic/Latino youth living in Chicago (IL), Miami (FL), Bronx (NY), and San Diego (CA). We found no evidence of an immigrant paradox. Greater children's acculturative stress was associated with depression/anxiety symptoms; greater parent's acculturative stress was associated with smoking susceptibility. Family functioning and children's ethnic identity were associated with fewer depression/anxiety symptoms and lower alcohol/smoking susceptibility. Although acculturation-related stressors increase youths' risks for poor mental health and substance use, the development of positive ethnic identities and close, well-functioning family support systems can help protect Latino/Hispanic children from the negative behavioral and health-related consequences of stress. |
DOI | 10.1007/s10903-018-0724-7 |
Alternate Journal | J Immigr Minor Health |
PubMed ID | 29550906 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC6141349 |
Grant List | N01 HC065234 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC65234 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC65236 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC65233 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States R01HL102130 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01 HC065237 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States P2C HD50924 / / National Institute of Child Health and Human Development / N01-HC65237 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01HC65233 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01 HC065236 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01 HC065235 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States P30 DK092949 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States P2C HD050924 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States N01-HC65235 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States R01 HL102130 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States |
Stress and Resilience: Key Correlates of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Hispanic Community Health Study of Latino Youth.
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Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
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