A Descriptive Study of Urban Mexican American Adolescents’ Perceived Stress and Coping

Kobus, Kimberly; Reyes, Olga

doi:10.1177/0739986300222002

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“…Higher discrimination stress was associated with more engagement coping, more disengagement coping, but not involuntary engagement coping, similar to previous findings about Mexican American adolescents' coping with general stress (Kobus & Reyes, 2000). Finally, high levels of primary control engagement buffered the negative effects of high discrimination on adolescents' self-esteem, suggesting that this type of coping strategy was effective (Compas et al, 2001).…”

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Coping With Discrimination Among Mexican Descent Adolescents

Edwards

Romero

2008

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

169

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The current research is designed to explore the relationship among discrimination stress, coping strategies, and self-esteem among Mexican descent youth ( N = 73, age 11-15 years). Results suggest that primary control engagement and disengagement coping strategies are positively associated with discrimination stress. Furthermore, self-esteem is predicted by an interaction of primary control engagement coping and discrimination stress, such that at higher levels of discrimination stress, youth who engaged in more primary control engagement coping reported higher self-esteem. The authors' findings indicate that Mexican descent youth are actively finding ways to cope with the common experience of negative stereotypes and prejudice, such that their self-esteem is protected from the stressful impact of discrimination and prejudice. Implications of these findings for Latino/a youth resilience are discussed.

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Coping With Discrimination Among Mexican Descent Adolescents

Edwards

Romero

2008

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

169

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“…In fact, Mexican American adolescents report that family stressors are the most difficult life event for them, more so than conflicts with peers. Girls complain that arguments with their parents and breaking up with someone they were dating generate the most stress in their lives (Kobus & Reyes, 2000).…”

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Suicidal Behavior in Latinas: Explanatory Cultural Factors and Implications for Intervention

Zayas

Pilat

2008

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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We posit that the high rates of suicidal behavior by teenage Hispanic females reported in large-scale surveys can be understood as a cultural phenomenon, a product of specific elements of the history, tradition, ideology, or social norms of a particular society, and that treatment interventions must take family and cultural factors into consideration. For over a decade, surveys have reported that among ethnic and racial minority youth in the United States, Latinas have the highest rates of suicidal behavior compared to African American and non-Hispanic White adolescent females. However, other research shows that the psychological profiles of suicidal Latina adolescent girls and the risk factors for Latina suicidal behavior may not be that different from non-Hispanic suicidal adolescent females. The unique situation of adolescent Latinas involves the convergence of cultural and familial factors (i.e., familism, acculturation, relatedness, autonomy, etc.) with the developmental, social, and individual factors frequently associated with suicidal behaviors. Based on this background, familyoriented interventions appear to be the most appropriate approach to the prevention and treatment of Hispanic suicidal girls. Factors implicated in Latina suicidal behavior and community-based interventions that include the adolescent and her family are suggested. Although data do not distinguish Latino youth by country of origin or heritage, Latino 1 youth of both sexes have shown consistently higher rates of suicidal ideation, plans, and behavior than their non-Hispanic counterparts, except for the category of youth designated as "Other" (which includes Native American youth). In spite of the higher than average reports of suicidal behavior among Hispanic youth, their actual rates of suicides are lower than those of non-Hispanic White and Native American adolescents, but higher than those of nonHispanic Black youth.Although these reports confirm observations from other epidemiological and clinical research as well as observations made by many urban mental health clinicians working with Latino populations, empirical literature explaining this dramatic difference is quite sparse. With our current state of knowledge, we are not yet able to explain, with a high degree of empirical certainty, what the reasons are that explain why the rates of suicidal ideation and attempts are higher among Latino youth. In this article, we do not purport to present explanations derived from rigorous, first-hand empirical research. Rather, we integrate knowledge from past

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“…Specifically, studies that have examined the influences of ethnicity on how stressful events are perceived, attributed, and coped with, consistently used Caucasians as a comparison group to the minority group, with the former largely outnumbering the latter group in sample size (Copeland & Hess, 1995;Markstrom et al, 2000;Bjorck, Cuthbertson, Thurman, & Lee, 2001). Ethnic minority group members (particularly Mexican Americans and African Americans) face many stressors that are unique to them, such as crime, poverty, violence, malnutrition, drugs, poor education and inadequate health care (Grant et al, 2000;Kobus & Reyes, 2000;Steele et al, 1999). Moreover, all ethnic minority group members (including Asian Americans) indicate that being treated unfairly because of their race is a particularly salient stressor (e.g., Alegria et al, 2004).…”

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Developing coping typologies of minority adolescents: A latent profile analysis

Aldridge

Roesch

2007

Journal of Adolescence

109

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Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to develop a coping typology of minority adolescents (M = 15.5 yrs). A multiethnic sample (n = 354) was recruited from a program aimed at serving low-income students. LPA revealed three distinct coping profiles. The first comprised adolescents who used a number of specific coping strategies at a low level (Low Generic Copers). The second comprised adolescents who emphasized active/approach strategies (e.g., planning; Active Copers). The third comprised adolescents who emphasized avoidant/passive strategies (e.g., substance abuse; Avoidant Copers). Active Copers experienced significantly less depression and more stress-related growth than Low Generic Copers. Low Generic Copers experienced significantly less depression than Avoidant Copers but also significantly less stress-related growth than Active Copers. Discussion focuses on integrating the current typology with traditional coping taxomonies.

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A Descriptive Study of Urban Mexican American Adolescents’ Perceived Stress and Coping

Cited by 58 publications

References 24 publications

Coping With Discrimination Among Mexican Descent Adolescents

Coping With Discrimination Among Mexican Descent Adolescents

Suicidal Behavior in Latinas: Explanatory Cultural Factors and Implications for Intervention

Developing coping typologies of minority adolescents: A latent profile analysis

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