Unfair treatment, coping strategies, and depression among Puerto Ricans in Boston.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol
; 26(2): 229-238, 2020 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31021145
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Unfair treatment is a chronic social stressor with negative consequences for the mental health status of socially disadvantaged individuals. How individuals cope with stressful situations may reduce or amplify the mental burden associated with unfair treatment. The present study focuses on identifying coping strategies that mitigate the association between unfair treatment and the risk of clinical depression among Puerto Ricans, 1 of the largest Latinx subgroups in the U.S.METHOD:
Data were from the third wave of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Using logistic regression, we tested the moderating roles of 12 types of coping strategies in the associations between recent experiences of perceived unfair treatment and depression among 963 Puerto Rican adults, aged 49 to 81, living in the Boston, MA metropolitan area.RESULTS:
Increased exposure to perceived unfair treatment was associated with higher odds of being at risk of clinical depression. Results suggest that coping strategies such as planning, acceptance, humor, and religion significantly mitigate the association between recent unfair treatment and depression.CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings offer guidance on developing a culturally sensitive therapy for Puerto Ricans that promotes specific types of coping strategies to reduce the mental burden of unfair treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Adaptação Psicológica
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Hispânico ou Latino
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Características Culturais
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Depressão
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
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Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article