Department of Psychology.
Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2018 Apr;24(2):221-230. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000175. Epub 2017 Nov 27.
Recent work has highlighted the link between acculturative stress and depression/anxiety symptoms among Hispanic young adults, but the nature of these relations is not well understood. The present study aimed to clarify the relation between acculturative stress and depression/anxiety symptoms by examining anxiety sensitivity, globally and via subfactors, as an explanatory variable.
A cross-sectional sample of 788 Hispanic college students (80.8% female; M = 20.83 years, SD = 1.93) was recruited from a southwestern public university and completed an online self-report assessment battery.
Acculturative stress exerted an indirect effect, via the global construct of anxiety sensitivity, on depression symptoms, suicidality, anxious arousal, and social anxiety symptoms. Follow-up simultaneous analytic models demonstrated indirect effects via the anxiety sensitivity subfactors that were pathognomonic with each of the specific affective outcomes.
These findings suggest the utility of assessing and targeting anxiety sensitivity in the treatment of acculturative stress-related depression/anxiety problems among Hispanic college students. (PsycINFO Database Record
最近的研究强调了西班牙裔年轻成年人的文化适应压力与抑郁/焦虑症状之间的联系,但这些关系的性质尚不清楚。本研究旨在通过检查焦虑敏感性(整体和通过子因素)作为解释变量,来澄清文化适应压力与抑郁/焦虑症状之间的关系。
从西南部一所公立大学招募了 788 名西班牙裔大学生(80.8%为女性;M=20.83 岁,SD=1.93)作为横断面样本,完成了在线自我报告评估。
文化适应压力通过焦虑敏感性的整体结构对抑郁症状、自杀意念、焦虑唤醒和社交焦虑症状产生间接影响。后续的同步分析模型表明,通过焦虑敏感性的亚因素存在与每个特定情感结果相一致的间接影响。
这些发现表明,在治疗西班牙裔大学生的与文化适应压力相关的抑郁/焦虑问题时,评估和针对焦虑敏感性具有一定的效用。