Individual and neighborhood stressors, sleep problems, and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Latino youth.

Rubens, Sonia L.; Gudiño, Omar G.; Fite, Paula J.; Grande, Jessica M

doi:10.1037/ort0000234

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“…However, our search yielded no papers examining the influence of physical environmental factors like poor air quality, hot ambient temperature, or lack of greenspace in influencing adolescent suicide or mental health conditions that later evolved into suicidality. Multiple and varying adverse behavioral and mental health arise as consequences following exposure to a natural disaster in children and youth, both in the acute response (Runkle et al, 2021) and the long-term recovery phase (Rubens et al, 2018). For example, elevated existential anxiety was observed for young people directly impacted by Hurricane Katrina, who later became overly preoccupied with death and the quest to attach meaning to life (Weems et al, 2016).…”

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Socioenvironmental drivers of adolescent suicide in the United States: A scoping review.

Runkle¹,

Harden²,

Hart³

et al. 2023

Journal of Rural Mental Health

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Suicide is an ongoing public health crisis among young people in the United States. Suicide rates in rural areas are often more than double rates in urban locales. Few reviews have examined the contextual place-based social, environmental, or economic factors that contribute to differences in mental health risks for young people. This scoping review aims to map the state of the evidence on socioenvironmental factors driving suicide risks in adolescents with a particular focus on rural America. A literature database search using PRISM guidelines identified 143 research studies meeting inclusion and review criteria. Descriptive and thematic analyses were conducted and presented in a narrative form for the following topics: (a) Adolescent suicide and vulnerable populations, (b) Mental health conditions in the pathway of suicide, (c) Rural versus urban, (d) Social determinants of mental health and access, and (e) Impact of physical environment on adolescent mental health. Findings highlight that hopelessness, particularly in minority populations, inadequate family and peer support, unaddressed traumatic experiences, and underdiagnosis and treatment for mood disorders or substance abuse, are essential contributory factors to rural adolescent suicide. Nearly all of the evidence focused on individual rather than community-level factors like school bullying and low screening. Improvements in school-based detection of mental disorders, particularly around critical transition periods, and more longitudinal research investigating causal links, rural populations, and the contextual socioenvironmental determinants of adolescent suicide are needed, emphasizing distinct challenges for rural areas in response to the pandemic.

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confidence: 99%

Socioenvironmental drivers of adolescent suicide in the United States: A scoping review.

Runkle¹,

Harden²,

Hart³

et al. 2023

Journal of Rural Mental Health

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“…A growing body of research finds that adolescent sleep is sensitive to daily social experiences, with stress having a particularly important influence (Campbell et al, 2020; Mellman et al, 2018; Rubens et al, 2018; Yap et al, 2020). For youth of color, discrimination is a form of stress linked to sleep, especially sleep disturbances (Goosby et al, 2017; Hoggard & Hill, 2016; Huynh & Gillen‐O’Neel, 2013; Slopen et al, 2016; Zeiders, 2017).…”

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Linking ethnic/racial discrimination to adolescent mental health: Sleep disturbances as an explanatory pathway

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Ethnic/racial discrimination is associated with negative psychosocial outcomes, and this study considered sleep disturbance as a mediating pathway. Employing a combination of daily diary and biannual surveys, multilevel structural equation models estimated the indirect effects of sleep/wake concerns on negative, anxious, and positive mood, rumination, and somatic symptoms. In a sample of 350 urban Asian (74% Chinese, 8% Korean, 4% Indian, 1% Filipinx, 1% Vietnamese, and 12% other), Black, and Latinx (25% Dominican, 24% South American, 22% Mexican, 15% Puerto Rican, 5% Central American, and 9% other) youth (M = 14.27 years, 69% female, 77% U.S. born, 76% monoethnic/racial, data collected from 2015 to 2018), there was evidence for sleep disturbances mediating the impact of ethnic/racial discrimination on adjustment. Nighttime disturbance, daytime dysfunction, and daytime sleepiness evidenced partial or full mediation for daily‐ and person‐level outcomes (υ = 0.1%–17.9%). Reciprocal associations between sleep disturbances and negative mood and rumination were also observed.

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“…Other general stressors have also been linked to youth adjustment. Specifically, family conflict and family change, or disruptive life events within the family or home have been associated with increased depressive symptoms and anxiety as well as greater psychological distress among Latinx adolescents (Rubens et al, 2018; Smokowski et al, 2010; Stein et al, 2012). For the purposes of this article, we used measures of material needs (to tap financial strain), family conflict, and family change as indicators of general life stressors.…”

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Latinx adolescents facing multiple stressors and the protective role of familismo.

Montoro¹,

Ceballo²

2021

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objective: In this study, we cumulatively examined how a number of cultural and general stressors as well as familismo differentially related to Latinx adolescents' psychological well-being as measured by depressive symptoms, anxiety, and future orientation. In addition, we examined whether familismo buffered Latinx adolescents from the negative psychological outcomes associated with both cultural and general stressors. Method: Two hundred and twenty-four low-income, Latinx 9th graders (M age = 14.5) attending three high schools in the Northeastern United States were surveyed. Results: Findings demonstrated that family-based cultural stressors were associated with increased depressive symptoms whereas familismo was associated with fewer depressive symptoms. Language conflicts and racial discrimination were also positively associated with anxiety. However, when both cultural and general stressors were accounted for, only greater material need was associated with increased depressive symptoms and a less positive future orientation. Moreover, familismo protected adolescents from depressive symptoms linked to material hardship. Conclusions: Cultural stressors may be less distressing to Latinx adolescents than more general stressors, like financial hardship, and familismo helps buffer the stress of material hardship. Public Significance StatementLatinx adolescents face a variety of stressors that may be detrimental to their psychological well-being. In this study, we found that different types of stressors negatively impacted Latinx adolescents' psychological well-being and familismo, prioritizing family unity and closeness, assisted adolescents in managing these stressors.

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Individual and neighborhood stressors, sleep problems, and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Latino youth.

Cited by 21 publications

References 62 publications

Socioenvironmental drivers of adolescent suicide in the United States: A scoping review.

Socioenvironmental drivers of adolescent suicide in the United States: A scoping review.

Linking ethnic/racial discrimination to adolescent mental health: Sleep disturbances as an explanatory pathway

Latinx adolescents facing multiple stressors and the protective role of familismo.

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