Faculty Articles
Impact of acculturative stress and daily hassles on pre-adolescent psychological adjustment: Examining anxiety symptoms
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The Journal of Primary Prevention
ISSN
0278-095X
Publication Date
7-2009
Abstract
Acculturative stress in relation to anxiety symptoms has not been examined empirically in young Hispanic populations. The present study, conducted with 138 pre-adolescent Hispanic youngsters, investigated this relationship. The findings suggested that acculturative stress was related to physiological, concentration, and worrisome symptoms of anxiety. After decomposing acculturative stress, it became evident that perceived discrimination accounted for a large proportion of the variance in the relationship between acculturative stress and anxiety. Immigration-related stress was mostly associated with worry symptoms. Finally, total daily hassles were an independent predictor of concentration and physiological anxiety symptoms. Implications for prevention interventions and future research are discussed.
DOI
10.1007/s10935-009-0175-y
Volume
30
Issue
3-4
First Page
335
Last Page
349
NSUWorks Citation
Suarez-Morales, L.,
Lopez, B.
(2009). Impact of acculturative stress and daily hassles on pre-adolescent psychological adjustment: Examining anxiety symptoms. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 30(3-4), 335-349.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/614
