Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
Department of Women's Studies, University of Michigan.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2021 Oct;27(4):705-716. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000461. Epub 2021 Jul 15.
In this study, we cumulatively examined how a number of cultural and general stressors as well as familismo differentially related to Latinx adolescents' psychological well-being as measured by depressive symptoms, anxiety, and future orientation. In addition, we examined whether familismo buffered Latinx adolescents from the negative psychological outcomes associated with both cultural and general stressors.
Two hundred and twenty-four low-income, Latinx 9th graders (Mage = 14.5) attending three high schools in the Northeastern United States were surveyed.
Findings demonstrated that family-based cultural stressors were associated with increased depressive symptoms whereas familismo was associated with fewer depressive symptoms. Language conflicts and racial discrimination were also positively associated with anxiety. However, when both cultural and general stressors were accounted for, only greater material need was associated with increased depressive symptoms and a less positive future orientation. Moreover, familismo protected adolescents from depressive symptoms linked to material hardship.
Cultural stressors may be less distressing to Latinx adolescents than more general stressors, like financial hardship, and familismo helps buffer the stress of material hardship. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究累积考察了多种文化和一般压力源以及家庭主义如何分别与拉丁裔青少年的心理健康相关，心理健康的衡量指标为抑郁症状、焦虑和未来取向。此外，我们还考察了家庭主义是否缓冲了拉丁裔青少年受到文化和一般压力源相关的负面心理结果的影响。
我们调查了美国东北部三所高中的 224 名低收入的拉丁裔 9 年级学生（平均年龄=14.5）。
研究结果表明，以家庭为基础的文化压力源与抑郁症状增加有关，而家庭主义与较少的抑郁症状有关。语言冲突和种族歧视也与焦虑呈正相关。然而，当同时考虑文化和一般压力源时，只有更大的物质需求与抑郁症状增加和对未来的积极态度降低有关。此外，家庭主义保护青少年免受与物质困难相关的抑郁症状的影响。
文化压力源对拉丁裔青少年的困扰可能不如经济困难等更普遍的压力源大，而家庭主义有助于缓冲物质困难带来的压力。
