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Betacoronavirus , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/organización & administración , Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control , Emigrantes e Inmigrantes/estadística & datos numéricos , Pandemias/prevención & control , Neumonía Viral/prevención & control , Tuberculosis/prevención & control , COVID-19 , Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología , Humanos , Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico , Neumonía Viral/epidemiología , SARS-CoV-2 , Factores Socioeconómicos , Tuberculosis/diagnóstico , Tuberculosis/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Although the association between marriage and well-being is well established, few studies have focused on learning more about the context of marriage and mental health. Recent research studying the mechanisms of marriage and health has focused on contagion of well-being among spouses. This study examined the association of depression with self-esteem, social support, life satisfaction, concern for independence, and cognitive function using baseline data for 553 older, Mexican American couples. Overall, we found evidence to suggest an interdependent relationship between husbands' and wives' emotional states, but the association was not equal for couples. Husbands' depression was significantly associated with the well-being of their wife, but the wife's depression was rarely associated with the husband's well-being. The findings from this study add to the increasing literature on spousal contagion by focusing on an under studied minority group, examining how depression affects well-being, and highlighting unequal effects of marriage on spousal well-being.
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Trastorno Depresivo/epidemiología , Salud Mental/estadística & datos numéricos , Americanos Mexicanos/psicología , Esposos/psicología , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Envejecimiento/psicología , Cognición/fisiología , Trastorno Depresivo/psicología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Americanos Mexicanos/estadística & datos numéricos , Satisfacción Personal , Autoimagen , Apoyo Social , Esposos/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
Several researchers have examined how acculturation shapes the self-esteem of adolescents, but few studies have looked at the influence of acculturation for older Mexican Americans. The aim of this study was to examine how language acculturation shaped the self-esteem of older Mexican Americans. The data come from the baseline wave (N=3050) of the ongoing Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (H-EPESE), a multistage area probability sample conducted in 1993 and 1994. Research revealed that language acculturation is positively associated with self-esteem. However, depressive symptoms mediate and moderate the association of acculturation on self-esteem. Language acculturation among older Mexican Americans is positively associated with self-esteem, even when individuals experience depressive symptoms. Findings suggest that acculturation influences multiple dimensions of mental health.
