“…U.S. Latino culture has been shown to have these characteristics (e.g., Campos et al, 2008;Holloway et al, 2009;Sabogal et al, 1987). A large literature documents that the sociocultural contexts of Latinos in the United States and in Latin America emphasize accessible social support (e.g., Campos et al, 2008;Keefe, Padilla & Carlos, 1979;Lugo Steidel & Contreras, 2003;Sabogal et al, 1987;Triandis, Marin, Lisansky, & Betancourt, 1984), emotional positivity (e.g., Holloway et al, 2009;Ruby, Falk, Heine, & Villa, 2012;Triandis et al, 1984) and physical proximity (e.g., Desmond & López Turley, 2009;Keefe, 1984;Lugo Steidel & Contreras, 2003;Sabogal et al, 1987) in interdependent relationships. These sociocultural characteristics have been implicated in the better-than-expected mental health and longer life of immigrant U.S. Latinos, a pattern at odds with the group's substantial disadvantage of low socioeconomic standing and ethnic minority status (e.g., Abraído-Lanza, Dohrenwend, Ng-Mak, & Turner, 1999;Alegría et al, 2008).…”