TY - JOUR
T1 - Day laborers' life satisfaction
T2 - The role of familismo, spirituality,work, health, and discrimination
AU - Ojeda, Lizette
AU - Piña-Watson, Brandy
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Limited research exists on day laborers' mental health. This study identifies relevant factors that influence the life satisfaction of 143 predominantly undocumented Latino male day laborers. Findings demonstrated the importance of familismo, spirituality, work satisfaction, perceived health, and perceived discrimination on life satisfaction. Given the deleterious impact discrimination can have on mental health, we examined whetherperceived discrimination's role on lifesatisfaction would be buffered by familismo, spirituality, work satisfaction, and perceived health. Among these variable, spirituality and perceived health were identified as protective factors against the role of perceived discrimination on life satisfaction. Implications for research and practice with Latino male day laborers are discussed
AB - Limited research exists on day laborers' mental health. This study identifies relevant factors that influence the life satisfaction of 143 predominantly undocumented Latino male day laborers. Findings demonstrated the importance of familismo, spirituality, work satisfaction, perceived health, and perceived discrimination on life satisfaction. Given the deleterious impact discrimination can have on mental health, we examined whetherperceived discrimination's role on lifesatisfaction would be buffered by familismo, spirituality, work satisfaction, and perceived health. Among these variable, spirituality and perceived health were identified as protective factors against the role of perceived discrimination on life satisfaction. Implications for research and practice with Latino male day laborers are discussed
KW - Cultural values
KW - Discrimination
KW - Immigrants
KW - Latinos
KW - Life satisfaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880727319&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/a0032961
DO - 10.1037/a0032961
M3 - Article
C2 - 23875852
AN - SCOPUS:84880727319
SN - 1099-9809
VL - 19
SP - 270
EP - 279
JO - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
JF - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
IS - 3
ER -