Psychosocial predictors and correlates of dysphoria in adolescent and young adult Latinas

Hope as a Moderator of Negative Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in a Diverse Sample

“…Although our use of a multiethnic sample is a strength of our study, we did not find significant ethnicity‐based results, perhaps because of the small sample size for each ethnic group (Aiken & West, ); future research using larger samples of diverse ethnic groups is necessary to replicate and confirm our findings. Further, previous research suggests that non‐White individuals, more so than White ones, may benefit from protective factors not assessed in our study, such as family cohesiveness and emotional and instrumental support from the community (Breslau et al, ; Lewis‐Coles & Constantine, ; Locke, Newcomb, Duclos, & Goodyear, ); future studies should assess such characteristics. Although most measures that we used were psychometrically sound, the LES (Tomoda, ) has limited reliability and validity, and its cumulative checklist format may neglect significant information regarding the subjective impact of a negative life event (Horowitz, Schaefer, Hiroto, Wilner, & Levin, ).…”

Latino Adolescents' Community Violence Exposure: After‐school Activities and Familismo as Risk and Protective Factors

“…For example, family support and time spent with one's family attenuate the effects of community violence exposure on anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms (Overstreet, Dempsey, Graham, & Moely, ; Scarpa et al., ). Furthermore, familismo is associated with greater psychological well‐being and less depressive symptoms among Latino adolescents (Locke, Newcomb, Duclos, & Goodyear, ). Guided by these findings, the second goal of our study is to determine whether familismo moderates the impact of community violence exposure on Latino adolescents' psychological well‐being.…”

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Teen and Parent Perspectives toward Depression Treatment

“…Nearly 80% of adolescents who suffer from a mental health disorder do not receive adequate or appropriate care [1][2][3], with disparities apparent for ethnic minority groups. For instance, despite the fact that Latina teens have the highest rates of depression [4] and the rates of suicide are increasing among African American teens faster than ever before [5], these two groups of teens are less likely to receive necessary mental health services than their Caucasian counterparts [6,7]. Wu [8] found that African American adolescents were less likely to receive care from a mental health professional, and Latino and African American teens were less likely to receive antidepressants compared with white teens.…”