TY - JOUR
T1 - Acculturative Stress, Social Support, and Coping
T2 - Relations to Psychological Adjustment Among Mexican American College Students
AU - Crockett, Lisa J.
AU - Iturbide, Maria I.
AU - Torres Stone, Rosalie A.
AU - McGinley, Meredith
AU - Raffaelli, Marcela
AU - Carlo, Gustavo
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Mexican American college students
KW - acculturative stress
KW - coping
KW - psychological distress
KW - social support
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U2 - 10.1037/1099-9809.13.4.347
DO - 10.1037/1099-9809.13.4.347
M3 - Article
C2 - 17967103
AN - SCOPUS:35648963662
SN - 1099-9809
VL - 13
SP - 347
EP - 355
JO - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
JF - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
IS - 4
ER -