Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, San Antonio.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2024 Oct;30(4):613-623. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000689.
Hispanic/Latinx youth vary in their immigration heritage (e.g., country of origin, familial migration history, etc.) and the structure of their communities. This study is a qualitative exploration of Hispanic/Latinx youth experiences of cultural stress in Miami and Los Angeles in 2021.
A total of 23 Hispanic/Latinx adolescents in Los Angeles (n = 12) and Miami (n = 11) provided in-depth interviews to assess: (a) appraisals of family immigration history and (b) experiences across three cultural stressors: sociopolitical, language brokering, and intragroup marginalization. Interviews were analyzed using a general inductive analytic approach and case comparison methodology to assess differences across sites.
For appraisals of family immigration history, gratitude and hope emerged as positive emotions experienced when youth reflected on their immigrant origins. Miami participants reported perceived worsening of sociopolitical stress as a result of changes in political administration whereas participants in Los Angeles felt a sense of relief. Participants in Miami and Los Angeles reported similar strengths and challenges in language brokering with COVID-19 variedly impacting youth's perceived language brokering stress. Last, to youth intragroup marginalization experienced from family members was experienced as more detrimental than from peers, and they reported the use of cognitive reframes to cope.
Cultural stressors are dynamic and diverse. This study further informs cultural stress theory by cataloging how families' immigration history and national current events inform experiences of stress among youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
西班牙裔/拉丁裔青年在移民背景（例如原籍国、家庭移民史等）和社区结构方面存在差异。本研究是对 2021 年迈阿密和洛杉矶的西班牙裔/拉丁裔青年文化压力体验的定性探索。
共有 23 名来自洛杉矶（n=12）和迈阿密（n=11）的西班牙裔/拉丁裔青少年提供了深入访谈，以评估：（a）对家庭移民历史的评价，以及（b）在三个文化压力源方面的经历：社会政治、语言中介和群体内边缘化。访谈采用一般归纳分析方法和案例比较方法进行分析，以评估不同地点之间的差异。
对于家庭移民历史的评价，当青年回顾自己的移民出身时，感激和希望成为他们经历的积极情绪。迈阿密的参与者报告说，由于政治管理的变化，社会政治压力恶化，而洛杉矶的参与者则感到松了一口气。迈阿密和洛杉矶的参与者都报告了在语言中介方面存在相似的优势和挑战，而 COVID-19 对青年感知的语言中介压力的影响各不相同。最后，来自家庭成员的群体内边缘化比来自同伴的边缘化更具破坏性，他们报告使用认知重构来应对。
文化压力源是动态和多样化的。本研究通过记录家庭移民历史和当前国家事件如何影响青年的压力体验，进一步丰富了文化压力理论。
