TY - JOUR
T1 - Attempting to successfully straddle the cultural divide: Hopelessness model of bicultural stress, mental health, and caregiver connection for Mexican descent adolescents
T2 - Hopelessness model of bicultural stress, mental health, and caregiver connection for mexican descent adolescents
AU - Watson, Brandy
AU - Llamas, Jasmin
AU - Stevens, Angela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Psychological Association.
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - The present study extends the Hopelessness Model of Depression through: 1) investigating the applicability of bicultural stress as precipitant in this model, 2) expanding mental health outcomes in addition to depression (i.e., life satisfaction), and 3) examining the protective role that male and female caregiver connection may play in disrupting this model for Mexican descent adolescents. With a sample of 524 Mexican descent adolescents (46.9% male; 53.1% female; Age range: 14-20; M = 16.23 years; SD = 1.10 years), two structural equation models were tested, The first model (Theoretical Model) sought to determine the relationship between bicultural stress, life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms with hopelessness as a mediator. The second model (Protective Factor Model) investigated both male and female caregiver connectedness as potential protective factors in the bicultural stress-mental health relationships. Both models were supported. In the Theoretical Model, hopelessness med
AB - The present study extends the Hopelessness Model of Depression through: 1) investigating the applicability of bicultural stress as precipitant in this model, 2) expanding mental health outcomes in addition to depression (i.e., life satisfaction), and 3) examining the protective role that male and female caregiver connection may play in disrupting this model for Mexican descent adolescents. With a sample of 524 Mexican descent adolescents (46.9% male; 53.1% female; Age range: 14-20; M = 16.23 years; SD = 1.10 years), two structural equation models were tested, The first model (Theoretical Model) sought to determine the relationship between bicultural stress, life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms with hopelessness as a mediator. The second model (Protective Factor Model) investigated both male and female caregiver connectedness as potential protective factors in the bicultural stress-mental health relationships. Both models were supported. In the Theoretical Model, hopelessness med
KW - Bicultural stress
KW - Caregiver connectedness
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Life satisfaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84973121389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/cou0000116
DO - 10.1037/cou0000116
M3 - Article
C2 - 26460982
VL - 62
SP - 670
EP - 681
JO - Journal of Counseling Psychology
JF - Journal of Counseling Psychology
IS - 4
ER -