Acculturative stress, social support, and coping: Relations to psychological adjustment among Mexican American college students
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This study examined the relations between acculturative stress and psychological functioning, as well as the protective role of social support and coping style, in a sample of 148 Mexican American college students (67% female, 33% male; mean age = 23.05 years, SD = 3.33). In bivariate analyses, acculturative stress was associated with higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Moreover, active coping was associated with better adjustment (lower depression), whereas avoidant coping predicted poorer adjustment (higher levels of depression and anxiety). Tests of interaction effects indicated that parental support and active coping buffered the effects of high acculturative stress on anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms. In addition, peer support moderated the relation between acculturative stress and anxiety symptoms. Implications for reducing the effects of acculturative stress among Mexican American college students are discussed.
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Family support and active coping attenuated the adverse impact of acculturative stress on mental health among college students.
“Family support and active coping also attenuated the adverse impact of acculturative stress on mental health among college students [24].”
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- Authors
- Crockett, L. J., Iturbide, M. I., Torres Stone, R. A., McGinley, M., Raffaelli, M., & Carlo, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Venue
- Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
- Published
- 2007-10
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 347-355
- ISSN
- 1077-341X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0106
- 1099-9809
- OpenAlex
- W2053988668
- Cited by
- 627
- References
- 63
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- FWCI
- 48.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lincoln (University of Nebraska) (submittedVersion)
- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Institute for Ethnic Studies
- Human Rights and Human Diversity Initiative
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Keywords
- acculturative stress, social support, coping styles, psychological adjustment, Mexican American college students, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, active coping, avoidance coping, parental support, peer support
- MeSH terms
- Acculturation, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Students, Mexican Americans
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