This monograph provides current data on Hispanic stress and its impact on mental health and identifies areas where further research is needed. It consists of 11 chapters by a variety of authors. Chapter 1 presents a critical overview of major issues and concepts in stress modeling and cross-cultural research with Hispanic populations. Chapter 2 summarizes findings on the prevalence of symptomatology among Hispanics and scrutinizes trends. Chapter 3 discusses the determination of the relative usefulness of the stress buffering and direct effect hypotheses of social support using stress theory to guide analysis. Chapter 4 illustrates the use of multifactorial modeling in identifying factors which predict discrete symptoms and syndromes among immigrant and native-born Mexican-Americans. Chapter 5 examines the differential impact of life events on Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and Anglos using psychological distress as the outcome measure. Chapter 6 reviews social support theory and methodological issues as they pertain to Hispanic mental health research. Chapter 7 presents a conceptual model for systematically developing studies of Hispanic mental health. Chapter 8 examines the effectiveness of a specific coping style used by Hispanic immigrants in adjusting to a new culture. Chapter 9 examines differences among Mexican-Americans and Anglos in relation to knowledge of and attitudes toward stress. Chapter 10 provides data on child abuse within a Mexican-American population. Chapter 11 presents findings from a comprehensive survey of the life experiences of a group of pregnant Hispanic adolescents. (KH)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- National Inst. of Mental Health (DHHS), Rockville, MD.
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- ['Books', 'Collected Works - General', 'Reports - Research']
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- List of Authors 10
- 1 0 10
- Table of Contents 11
- 2 5 25
- 3 4 34
- 1307 36
- 4 9 49
- Hispanic Mental Health Stress Research 51
- Forms of Support Its Presence Across Cultures 63
- 8 9 89
- 1.15 115
- 1.43 143
- 1 60 160
- 1 g 8 168
- 1 71 171
- Introduction 214
- 2 1 9 219
- 2 2 3 233
- 248-1. 248
- Introduction 251
- Questionnaire 273
- 3 01 301
