TY - JOUR
T1 - Age of Immigration and Depressive Symptoms Among Young Adult Latinx Immigrants
T2 - A Test of Explanatory Models
AU - Stafford, Allison Mc Cord
AU - Sojda, Diana
AU - Mercado Emerson, Maralis
AU - Nagy, Gabriela A.
AU - McCabe, Brian E.
AU - Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grant numbers 5U54MD012530-04, R01MD012249, R01MD012249-03S1, 5K12HL138030-05, and 5R25HL126146-07).
Funding Information:
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01MD012249. Dr. Gabriela A. Nagy is a fellow with the Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE), at the University of California San Francisco's Center for Vulnerable Populations; through an award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (5R25HL126146-07). Additionally, Dr. Nagy is supported by a Diversity Supplement from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01MD012249-03S1), an institutional Career Development Award through the Duke University REACH Equity Center funded through the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (5U54MD012530-04), and is a scholar in the DISCO K12 Program through the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University funded through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (5K12HL138030-05). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Introduction: Latinx immigrants who migrate to the United States (US) as young children are more likely to experience depression than those who migrate later in life. Our purpose is to test three models that may explain the relationship between age of immigration and depressive symptoms among Latinx immigrants. Methods: A secondary analysis of baseline data from a community-based, longitudinal study of Latinx young adults in the US Southeast was conducted. Latinx immigrants who migrated before the age of 19 years (n = 157) were included, and path analysis was conducted. Results: Age of immigration and depressive symptoms were negatively related (b = −0.19, S = 0.08, p =.015), while acculturative stress and depressive symptoms were positively related (b = 0.04, SE = 0.01, p <.001). No significant indirect effects were found. Conclusion: Our results highlight the importance of assessing acculturative stress and age of immigration as social drivers of mental health in Latinx immigrant children.
AB - Introduction: Latinx immigrants who migrate to the United States (US) as young children are more likely to experience depression than those who migrate later in life. Our purpose is to test three models that may explain the relationship between age of immigration and depressive symptoms among Latinx immigrants. Methods: A secondary analysis of baseline data from a community-based, longitudinal study of Latinx young adults in the US Southeast was conducted. Latinx immigrants who migrated before the age of 19 years (n = 157) were included, and path analysis was conducted. Results: Age of immigration and depressive symptoms were negatively related (b = −0.19, S = 0.08, p =.015), while acculturative stress and depressive symptoms were positively related (b = 0.04, SE = 0.01, p <.001). No significant indirect effects were found. Conclusion: Our results highlight the importance of assessing acculturative stress and age of immigration as social drivers of mental health in Latinx immigrant children.
KW - adolescent
KW - child
KW - depression
KW - Hispanic Americans
KW - immigration
KW - Latinx
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U2 - 10.1177/15404153221088929
DO - 10.1177/15404153221088929
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127324249
JO - Hispanic Health Care International
JF - Hispanic Health Care International
SN - 1540-4153
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