Cultural stressors, identity development, and substance use attitudes among Hispanic immigrant adolescents

Grigsby, Timothy J.; Forster, Myriam; Meca, Alan; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Schwartz, Seth J.; Unger, Jennifer B.

doi:10.1002/jcop.21920

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“…Our findings suggest that youth who perceive their communities to be unwelcome or offer few opportunities to members of their ethnic group, experienced more symptoms of anxiety and depression than their peers who felt welcome and hopeful about their prospects. This aligns with studies that have assessed the association between negative PCOR and behaviors such as aggression, violence, and substance use (Forster et al, 2015; Schwartz et al, 2015) and key features of adolescence such as identity development (Grigsby et al, 2018). If perceptions that communities are unwelcoming persist or youth believe they have fewer opportunities for success, the stress associated with these beliefs can diminish the capacity of future functional coping (Bar‐On et al, 2003) and potentially increase vulnerablity for chronic stress conditions that challenge psychological and behavioral health in adulthood (McEwen, 2003).…”

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Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents

Guan

Areba

Forster

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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Although immigrant negative perceived context of reception (PCOR), perceptions of the opportunities and degree of acceptance in an immigrant‐receiving community, has been linked with compromised adolescent well‐being, receiving contexts may differ by region and for youth from different ethnic backgrounds. The current study examines how negative PCOR and factors that promote resilience differentially shape mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents in Minnesota. Hispanic (n = 163) and Somali (n = 186) first‐ and second‐generation youth aged 12–19 completed a survey on negative PCOR, assets and resources (i.e., ethnic identity, social support, religious participation), and mental well‐being (i.e., anxiety and depressive symptoms). Parents and caregivers also completed a survey on PCOR and social support. Adolescent negative PCOR, relative to parent/caregiver negative PCOR, was associated with higher adolescent anxiety and depressive symptoms. Religious participation and social support, reported by both parent/caregiver and adolescent, was associated with lower anxiety and depressive symptoms. Additionally, among Hispanic adolescents, social support buffered the effects of negative PCOR on depressive symptoms. Conversely, strong ethnic identity was associated with higher depressive symptoms for both groups, suggesting acculturative and assimilative pressures play an important role in adolescent mental health. Although social ties can be weakened postmigration, our results indicate that social and religious resources remain beneficial. Given that by the end of the next decade over 50% of the US youth population will identify as part of a racial or ethnic minority group, positive postimmigration adaptation is a critical public health concern.

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Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents

Guan

Areba

Forster

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…An additional limitation that was not examined and has been shown to be important in previous literature is reception or the level of friendliness a community displays to an immigrant population (Forster, Grigsby, Soto, Schwartz, & Unger, 2015; Grigsby et al, 2018; Schwartz et al, 2014). As communities differ in openness toward immigrants, including language preferences and cultural practices, future investigation of receptions’ impact on acculturative stress and discrimination in Latinx immigrants would be critical to contribute to the literature (Forster et al, 2015).…”

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Moderating influence of enculturation on the relations between minority stressors and physical health via anxiety in Latinx immigrants.

Cariello¹,

Perrin²,

Williams³

et al. 2020

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives: The Latinx population in the United States has grown rapidly, now standing at over 56 million people. Discrimination and acculturative stress have been found to affect the mental and physical health of Latinx immigrants, yet enculturation has been identified as an important cultural strength for this population. The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among minority stressors, anxiety, and physical health in a sample of Latinx immigrants living in the United States. A secondary aim was to examine whether the direct and indirect effects among these variables were moderated by enculturation (i.e., moderated mediation). Method: A community sample of 202 Latinx immigrants completed questionnaires measuring these constructs. Results: Both acculturative stress (b = −1.68, p < .001) and discrimination (b = −1.69, p < .001) yielded direct effects on physical health, as well as indirect effects (b = −.10, 95% confidence interval [−.23, −.01]; b = −.21, 95% confidence interval [−.40, −.08], respectively) through anxiety. Conclusions: Psychologists and allied health care providers are recommended to assess for the impact of minority stressors on anxiety and physical health when providing care to Latinx immigrants. Future intervention research targeting Latinx mental and physical health can consider ways to include innate cultural strengths like enculturation and partner with Latinx cultural centers, churches, and local communities to make enculturation more salient.

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“…Scholars have suggested that this sense of confusion or feeling lost may contribute to risky behaviors and attitudes (Schwartz et al, 2006). In fact, a longitudinal study with recently immigrated Latinx adolescents found that being poorly received by the host community can increase positive attitudes toward alcohol use (Grigsby et al, 2018). As such, the current findings supported the notion that social cohesion could serve a protective function even after controlling for family support, a commonly identified resource in Latinx research (Corona et al, 2017; Valdivieso-Mora et al, 2016).…”

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Ethnic discrimination, social cohesion, and mental health among Latinx adults.

Torres¹,

Pachicano²,

Bird³

et al. 2022

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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The negative effects of ethnic discrimination on depression symptoms have led researchers to identify potential risk and protective variables of this relationship. While some studies have focused on individual level factors, little research has explored the role of community-level variables, or the combination of both. The present study of Latinx adults (N = 304) tested a moderated mediation model to examine if alcohol use was a mediator of ethnic discrimination and depression under certain levels of social cohesion. Results found that alcohol use was a mediator between ethnic discrimination and depression symptoms and social cohesion moderated this relationship, such that alcohol use was not significant at higher levels of social cohesion. Implications and future directions are discussed. Public Policy Relevance StatementEthnic discrimination continues to engender poor mental health outcomes among the Latinx community. The present study examined the role of neighborhood-and individual-level factors in contributing to the relationship between ethnic discrimination and depression symptoms. The findings suggest that social cohesion serves a protective function highlighting the importance of community on mental health. This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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Cultural stressors, identity development, and substance use attitudes among Hispanic immigrant adolescents

Abstract: The goal of this investigation was to determine whether various cultural stressors (bicultural stress, perceived discrimination, and per-

Cited by 19 publications

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Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents

Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents

Moderating influence of enculturation on the relations between minority stressors and physical health via anxiety in Latinx immigrants.

Ethnic discrimination, social cohesion, and mental health among Latinx adults.

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