College of Social Work.
School of Social Work, Texas State University.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2020 Apr;26(2):229-238. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000291. Epub 2019 Apr 25.
Unfair treatment is a chronic social stressor with negative consequences for the mental health status of socially disadvantaged individuals. How individuals cope with stressful situations may reduce or amplify the mental burden associated with unfair treatment. The present study focuses on identifying coping strategies that mitigate the association between unfair treatment and the risk of clinical depression among Puerto Ricans, 1 of the largest Latinx subgroups in the U.S.
Data were from the third wave of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Using logistic regression, we tested the moderating roles of 12 types of coping strategies in the associations between recent experiences of perceived unfair treatment and depression among 963 Puerto Rican adults, aged 49 to 81, living in the Boston, MA metropolitan area.
Increased exposure to perceived unfair treatment was associated with higher odds of being at risk of clinical depression. Results suggest that coping strategies such as planning, acceptance, humor, and religion significantly mitigate the association between recent unfair treatment and depression.
Our findings offer guidance on developing a culturally sensitive therapy for Puerto Ricans that promotes specific types of coping strategies to reduce the mental burden of unfair treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
不公平待遇是一种慢性社会压力源，会对社会弱势群体的心理健康状况产生负面影响。个体应对压力情境的方式可能会减轻或放大与不公平待遇相关的心理负担。本研究旨在确定应对策略，以减轻波多黎各人群（美国最大的拉丁裔群体之一）中不公平待遇与临床抑郁风险之间的关联。
数据来自波士顿波多黎各健康研究的第三波调查。我们使用逻辑回归，检验了 12 种应对策略在 963 名年龄在 49 至 81 岁之间、居住在马萨诸塞州波士顿大都市区的波多黎各成年人中，近期经历的不公平待遇与抑郁之间关联的调节作用。
感知到的不公平待遇增加与患临床抑郁症的风险增加相关。结果表明，应对策略，如计划、接受、幽默和宗教，可显著减轻近期不公平待遇与抑郁之间的关联。
我们的研究结果为波多黎各人提供了开展文化敏感性治疗的指导，以促进特定类型的应对策略，减轻不公平待遇带来的心理负担。
