Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
Volume 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-227

Psychological health and meaning in life: Stress, social support, and religious coping in latina/latino immigrants (Article)

Dunn M.G. , O'Brien K.M.
  • a University of Maryland, United States, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, United States
  • b University of Maryland, United States

Abstract

This study examined the relative contributions of (a) gender, (b) perceived stress, (c) social support from family and significant other, and (d) positive and negative dimensions of religious coping to the prediction of the psychological health and meaning in life among 179 Central American immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala. Findings reveal that greater perceived stress by Latinas/Latinos was predictive of psychological health and meaning in life, while social support from a significant other also explained variance in meaning in one's life. Negative religious coping, specifically reappraisal of God's powers, was predictive of search for meaning in one's life. © 2009 Sage Publications.

Author Keywords

Social support Perceived stress Religious coping Psychological health Central American immigrants

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-64549097283&doi=10.1177%2f0739986309334799&partnerID=40&md5=3d33c4e080a49c506d505b23f218562f
DOI: 10.1177/0739986309334799
ISSN: 07399863
Cited by: 60
Original Language: English