Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 21, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 21-29

Perceived Racial Discrimination and Pain Intensity/Disability Among Economically Disadvantaged Latinos in a Federally Qualified Health Center: The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity (Article)

Bakhshaie J. , Rogers A.H. , Mayorga N.A. , Ditre J. , Rodríguez-Cano R. , Ruiz A.C. , Viana A.G. , Garza M. , Lemaire C. , Ochoa-Perez M. , Bogiaizian D. , Zvolensky M.J.*
  • a Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • c Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • d Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States
  • e Department of Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • f Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • g Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • h Legacy Community Health, Houston, TX, United States
  • i Legacy Community Health, Houston, TX, United States
  • j Legacy Community Health, Houston, TX, United States
  • k Psychotherapeutic Area of “Asociación Ayuda”, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • l Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States, Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States, Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 3695 Cullen Blvd., Room 126, Houston, TX 77204, United States

Abstract

The present study examined the role of anxiety sensitivity (AS; fear of the negative consequences of anxiety) in the relation between perceived racial discrimination and pain-related problems among Latinos seeking health services at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Participants included 145 adult Latinos (87.80% female, Mage = 38.07 years, SD = 11.98, and 96.2% reported Spanish as their first language). Results indicated that perceived racial discrimination was indirectly related to the pain intensity and pain disability through AS. These effects were evident above and beyond the variance accounted for by gender, age, marital status, educational status, employment status, years living in the United States, and number of axis I diagnoses. Overall, the present findings highlight the merit in focusing further scientific attention on the interplay between perceived racial discrimination and AS to better understand and inform interventions to reduce pain problems among Latinos in primary care. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Pain disability Latino perceived discrimination Disparity Anxiety sensitivity Pain intensity

Index Keywords

anxiety Vulnerable Populations vulnerable population perception Safety-net Providers nociception depression Disabled Persons human epidemiology middle aged disabled person statistics and numerical data ethnology Hispanic Americans United States Young Adult Humans racism Hispanic Adolescent psychology male female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics safety net hospital adult age sex factor Sex Factors Age Factors primary health care Chronic Pain Pain Perception
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042180049&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-018-0715-8&partnerID=40&md5=f0c3d5fabe540cbe688dc1e447909e27
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-018-0715-8
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English