Ataque de Nervios

Fernandes, Blossom; Hashmi, Shazia Iqbal; Essau, Cecilia A.

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“…In addition to generalizing to Latinos, broadly, further work can examine specific ethnic subgroups to explore potential differences within the Latino population. For example, ataque de nervios is more salient among Puerto Ricans (Fernandes, Hashmi, & Essau, 2015), and to a lesser degree Mexicans and Cubans (Guarnaccia et al, 2010). Sixth, we did not measure sexual orientation in the current study.…”

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Anxiety sensitivity and rumination: Transdiagnostic factors involved in the relation between subjective social status and anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among economically disadvantaged Latinos in primary care.

Zvolensky¹,

Paulus²,

Bakhshaie³

et al. 2018

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Latinos face striking physical and mental health disparities. One factor associated with such disparities is subjective social status, reflecting subjective ratings of social standing. Yet there is presently a lack of empirical information about the mechanisms underlying relations between subjective social status and anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among Latinos in community medical services that serve as focal catchment areas for assessment and intervention programming. The present investigation examined the unique explanatory roles of 2 transdiagnostic factors, rumination and anxiety sensitivity, in the relation between subjective social status and depressive, suicidal, social anxiety, and anxious arousal symptoms as well as anxiety/depressive disorders, among Latinos seeking health services at a primary health care facility. Participants included 253 Latino adults with annual incomes of less than $30,000 (M age = 39.1, SD = 11.1). Results indicated that rumination and anxiety sensitivity each significantly (independently) mediated associations between subjective social status and all dependent variables except suicidal symptoms. For suicidal symptoms, only rumination was a mediator. The present findings suggest that rumination and anxiety sensitivity may represent mechanisms for associations between subjective social status and anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among economically disadvantaged Latinos in primary care settings. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Anxiety sensitivity and rumination: Transdiagnostic factors involved in the relation between subjective social status and anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among economically disadvantaged Latinos in primary care.

Zvolensky¹,

Paulus²,

Bakhshaie³

et al. 2018

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…By comparison, 7.9% of Non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) experience elevated depressive symptoms [ 6 , 7 ], and 9% suffer from anxiety [ 8 , 9 ]. Furthermore, 14% of Latinos report a lifetime history of ataque de nervios [ 10 ], a cultural syndrome which the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-5 [ 11 ] classifies as a culturally-specific category of aberrant behaviors that don’t fit any other DSM disorders [ 12 ]. A central feature of an ataque de nervios is a sense of being out of control; common symptoms include uncontrollable shouting, and attacks of crying.…”

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Social support and strain and emotional distress among Latinos in the northeastern United States

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Background US Latinos report high levels of emotional distress. Having positive familial and friend social support buffers emotional distress among US Latinos, but thus far no research has been done on social support and ataque de nervios in that population, or on social strain and emotional distress. Methods This paper assesses social support and strain across three relationship types (partner, family, and friends) with three measures of emotional distress (depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios). The sample for partner, family, and friend support included 508 Latino adults 21 and older. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the association of social support and strain with each outcome. Results As all social support types increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms decreased. Conversely, as each unit of partner and family strain increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms increased. Increased friend strain was associated with greater odds of depressive and anxiety symptoms only. Conclusion Social support in all three network types (partner, family, and friend) was associated with a decrease in the odds of emotional distress, assessed as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios.

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Neighborhood characteristics and ataque de nervios: the role of neighborhood violence

Ginzburg¹,

Lemon

Rosal

2020

Transcult Psychiatry

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Ataque de nervios is a Latina/o idiom of distress that may occur as a culturally sanctioned response to acute stressful experiences, particularly relating to grief, threat, family conflict, and a breakdown in social networks. The contextual factors associated with ataque de nervios have received little attention in research. This study examined the association between neighborhood factors and the experience of ataque de nervios among a sample of Latinas/os participating in the Latino Health and Well-Being Project in the northeastern United States. We examined the association between neighborhood cohesion, safety, trust, and violence and ataque de nervios. In multivariate logistic regression models, neighborhood violence was associated with ataque de nervios ( p = .02), with each unit increase in the neighborhood violence scale being associated with 1.36 times greater odds of experiencing ataque de nervios. None of the other neighborhood variables were significantly associated with ataque de nervios. The positive association between neighborhood violence and the experience of ataque de nervios makes a further case for policy efforts and other investments to reduce neighborhood violence.

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Ataque de Nervios

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Anxiety sensitivity and rumination: Transdiagnostic factors involved in the relation between subjective social status and anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among economically disadvantaged Latinos in primary care.

Anxiety sensitivity and rumination: Transdiagnostic factors involved in the relation between subjective social status and anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among economically disadvantaged Latinos in primary care.

Social support and strain and emotional distress among Latinos in the northeastern United States

Neighborhood characteristics and ataque de nervios: the role of neighborhood violence

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