Cabrera Tineo Yajaira A, Dillon Frank R, Ertl Melissa M, Rentería Roberto, De La Rosa Mario
Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY.
Counseling & Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2022 Feb;20(1):553-568. doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00386-x. Epub 2020 Sep 22.
The present study examined the links between discrimination-based acculturative stress (DAS), depressive symptoms, and alcohol use among recently immigrated Latina young adults and explored potential within-group Latina ethnic differences.
Structural equation modeling was used to assess these relations among 530 Latina young adults (age 18-23) who had immigrated to the U.S. within approximately 12 months prior to assessment.
Women reporting more DAS indicated more depressive symptoms and alcohol use than counterparts reporting less DAS. Women reporting more time in the U.S. experienced higher levels of DAS. Undocumented participants, and those who had lived in the U.S. for less time, reported more depressive symptoms than their peers.
Findings highlight the need for mental health clinicians to attend to their local sociopolitical climate context for discriminatory practices and integrate cultural factors in mental health and alcohol use interventions targeting Latina young adults who recently immigrated to the U.S.
本研究调查了近期移民的拉丁裔年轻成年人中基于歧视的文化适应压力（DAS）、抑郁症状和酒精使用之间的联系，并探讨了拉丁裔群体内部潜在的种族差异。
采用结构方程模型评估了530名年龄在18 - 23岁之间、在评估前约12个月内移民到美国的拉丁裔年轻成年人之间的这些关系。
报告更多DAS的女性比报告较少DAS的女性表现出更多的抑郁症状和酒精使用。在美国居住时间更长的女性经历了更高水平的DAS。无合法身份的参与者以及在美国居住时间较短的参与者比同龄人报告了更多的抑郁症状。
研究结果强调，心理健康临床医生需要关注当地社会政治环境中的歧视性做法，并将文化因素纳入针对近期移民到美国的拉丁裔年轻成年人的心理健康和酒精使用干预措施中。
