Nov 6

Question 1

associations between cultural stressors, cultural values and Latina/o college students’ mental health

Answer 1

explored whether cultural values BUFFER the negative effect of cultural stressors on MENTAL HEALTH symptoms

in sample of 198 Latina/o college students

Question 2

findings

Answer 2

1. significant positive associations between cultural stressors and mental health symptoms
2. significant negative association between cultural values of FAMILISM, RESPETO and RELIGIOSITY and mental health symptoms

Question 3

found negative association between WHAT and mental health symptoms?

Answer 3

familism support, familism referents, respeto and religiosity

Question 4

familism support and depressive symptoms

Answer 4

association between acculturative stress and depressive symptoms = significant for those LOW in familism support

but WASN’T significantly associated for those HIGH in familism support

ONLY FAMILISM SUPPORT EMERGED AS A SIGNIFICANT MODERATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION BETWEEN STRESS AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS

Question 5

what moderated relationship between acculturative stress and anxiety symptoms?

Answer 5

respeto and religiosity

relationship between acculturative stress and anxiety symptoms was significant for participants who endorsed LOWER levels of RESPETO and RELIGIOSITY

but NOT for those with high respect for the family and with high religiosity

Question 6

respeto, religiosity and familism as moderators

Answer 6

respeto and religiosity moderated relationship between acculturative stress and anxiety symptoms

familism moderated relationship between acculturative stress and depression symptoms

Question 7

what was the cultural factor MOST strongly associated with students’ depressive, anxiety and psychological stress symptoms?

Answer 7

familism support

this factor was associated with LOWER LEVELS OF SYMPTOMS across all three mental health domains

Question 8

familism OBLIGATION and psychological stress

Answer 8

Latino/a college students who endorsed HIGHER LEVELS of familism obligation also reported INCREASED PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS

Question 9

takeaway

Answer 9

familism support may be the MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL FACTOR to target when designing and implementing mental health prevention programs for Latino/as

Question 10

while traditional gender role adherence and obligation familism didn’t exacerbate impact of acculturative stress and discrimination on mental health outcomes…

Answer 10

these values were related to INCREASED PSYCH STRESS LEVELS