TY - JOUR
T1 - Trajectories of cultural stressors and effects on mental health and substance use among recently arrived Hispanic immigrant adolescents
AU - Schwartz, Seth
AU - Unger, Jennifer B.
AU - Baezconde-Garbanati, Lordes
AU - Zamboanga, Byron L.
AU - Lorenzo-Blanco, Elma I.
AU - Rosier, Sabrina E. Des
AU - Romero, Andrea J.
AU - Cano, Miguel A.
AU - Gonzales-Backen, Melinda A.
AU - Córdova, David
AU - Watson, Brandy
AU - Huang, Shi
AU - Villamar, Juan A.
AU - Soto, Daniel W.
AU - Pattarroyo, Monica
AU - Szapocznik, José
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Purpose: We sought to determine the extent to which initial levels and over-time trajectories of cultural stressors (discrimination, negative context of reception, and bicultural stress) predicted well-being, internalizing symptoms, externalizing problems, and health risk behaviors among recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents. Addressing this research objective involved creating a latent factor for cultural stressors, establishing invariance for this factor over time, estimating a growth curve for this factor over time, and examining the effects of initial levels (intercepts) and trajectories (slopes) of cultural stressors on adolescent outcomes.
Methods: A sample of 302 recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents in Miami (Mdn 1 year in the U.S. at baseline) and Los Angeles (Mdn 3 years in the U.S. at baseline) was recruited from public schools and assessed 6 times over a 3-year period. Assessments were conducted using laptop computers with audio computer assisted technology.
Results
AB - Purpose: We sought to determine the extent to which initial levels and over-time trajectories of cultural stressors (discrimination, negative context of reception, and bicultural stress) predicted well-being, internalizing symptoms, externalizing problems, and health risk behaviors among recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents. Addressing this research objective involved creating a latent factor for cultural stressors, establishing invariance for this factor over time, estimating a growth curve for this factor over time, and examining the effects of initial levels (intercepts) and trajectories (slopes) of cultural stressors on adolescent outcomes.
Methods: A sample of 302 recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents in Miami (Mdn 1 year in the U.S. at baseline) and Los Angeles (Mdn 3 years in the U.S. at baseline) was recruited from public schools and assessed 6 times over a 3-year period. Assessments were conducted using laptop computers with audio computer assisted technology.
Results
M3 - Article
SP - 433
EP - 439
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
ER -