Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2022 May;78(5):892-912. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23271. Epub 2021 Nov 2.
The aims of this study are to investigate (1) how family response to acculturation (e.g., accusations of assimilation) is related to anxiety and depressive symptomatology for Latinx emerging adults. This study's goal is also to analyze (2) the extent to which ethnic identity components and gender moderate the respective associations.
Cross-sectional survey was completed by 200 Latinx emerging adults. Inclusion criteria involved reading English, ages 18-25, currently reside in Maricopa or Miami-Dade Counties and self-identify as Latinx. Analysis used hierarchical multiple regression and moderation analyses.
Findings indicate that higher familial accusations of assimilation were associated with higher symptoms of depression and anxiety. Moderation analyses indicate that gender had a statistically significant interaction with accusations of assimilation in relation to symptoms of both depression and anxiety. A significant three-way interaction between ethnic identity exploration, gender, and intracultural accusations of assimilation in relation to symptoms of depression interaction among men was found.
Findings from the study add to literature on the effect of intragroup marginalization on Latinx mental health and highlight gender differences. The ethnic identity component of exploration is found to be a protective factor for men which wanes over increasing levels of accusation of assimilation.
本研究旨在调查：(1) 拉美裔成年初显期人群对文化适应的家庭反应（例如，被指责同化）如何与焦虑和抑郁症状相关。本研究的目的还在于分析：(2) 种族认同成分和性别在多大程度上调节各自的关联。
通过横断面调查完成了 200 名拉美裔成年初显期人群。纳入标准包括阅读英语、年龄在 18-25 岁之间、目前居住在马里科帕或迈阿密-戴德县以及自我认同为拉丁裔。分析采用分层多元回归和调节分析。
研究结果表明，家庭对同化的指责越高，抑郁和焦虑症状越严重。调节分析表明，性别与指责同化在抑郁和焦虑症状方面存在统计学上显著的交互作用。在男性中，还发现了种族认同探索、性别和文化内指责同化之间的显著三向交互作用与抑郁症状之间的交互作用。
本研究的结果增加了关于群体内边缘化对拉丁裔心理健康影响的文献，并强调了性别差异。探索性的种族认同成分被发现是男性的保护因素，但随着同化指责的增加，这种保护作用会减弱。
