Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 21, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 4-13

Stress and Resilience: Key Correlates of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Hispanic Community Health Study of Latino Youth (Article)

Perreira K.M.* , Marchante A.N. , Schwartz S.J. , Isasi C.R. , Carnethon M.R. , Corliss H.L. , Kaplan R.C. , Santisteban D.A. , Vidot D.C. , Van Horn L. , Delamater A.M.
  • a Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Carolina Population Center, CB #8120, 206 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States
  • c Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
  • d Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
  • e Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • f Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
  • g Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
  • h Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States
  • i School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, FL, United States
  • j Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • k Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 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. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Depression/anxiety and smoking/alcohol Immigrant paradox Mental health and substance use Latino/Hispanic adolescent immigrant acculturation

Index Keywords

anxiety depression mental health human epidemiology Cohort Studies Stress, Psychological mental stress Cigarette Smoking Substance-Related Disorders alcoholism drug dependence ethnology Hispanic Americans United States Humans migrant psychology Hispanic Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants Acculturation female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics cultural factor Resilience, Psychological Family Relations psychological resilience family relation sex factor Sex Factors cohort analysis Cultural Characteristics public health Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044026969&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-018-0724-7&partnerID=40&md5=ebb90dfee5ed896e808ad90e01204eec
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-018-0724-7
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English