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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Viana, Andres G.
• Bakhshaie, Jafar
• Raines, Elizabeth M.
• Lopez, Alicia
• Garza, Monica
• Ochoa-Perez, Melissa
• Lemaire, Chad
• Mayorga, Nubia A.
• Walker, Rheeda
• Zvolensky, Michael J.
• Corrigan, Patrick W

Titel

Anxiety Sensitivity and Acculturative Stress Facets Among Latinx in Primary Care

Ist Teil von

• Stigma and health (Washington, D.C.), 2020-02, Vol.5 (1), p.22-28

Ort / Verlag

Educational Publishing Foundation

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

PsycARTICLES

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The present investigation examined associations between anxiety sensitivity and acculturative stress, both as a global construct and in relation to each of its facets. We hypothesized that anxiety sensitivity would significantly predict acculturative stress (and its facets), over and above the variance accounted for by gender, age, marital status, years of education, employment status, number of years living in United States, and negative affectivity. Participants (N = 142; M = 39.1 years, SD = 12.4; 96% reported Spanish as their first language) were recruited from a Federally-Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving the primary care needs of predominantly low-income Latinx. Participants completed an assessment battery that included a clinical interview and self-report instruments. Results showed that anxiety sensitivity explained 3-9% of the variance in acculturative stress dimensions after accounting for the effects of covariates. The findings underscore the value of examining proximal psychosocial variables which are often not the focus of studies on acculturation and acculturative stress. From an intervention standpoint, greater attention to proximal and malleable processes related to acculturative stress is warranted in efforts to reduce health disparities and increase wellbeing in this population.