Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depressive Symptoms among Young Adult Hispanic Immigrants: Moderating and Mediating Effects of Distinct Facets of Acculturation Stress.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Bravo, Lilian G.; Nagy, PhD, Gabriela A.; Stafford, PhD, RN, Allison McCord; McCabe, PhD, Brian E.; Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN, Rosa M.
- Source
- Issues in Mental Health Nursing. Mar2022, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p209-219. 11p.
- Subject
- *MENTAL depression risk factors
*ADVERSE childhood experiences
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*ACCULTURATION
*RESEARCH methodology
*AGE distribution
*PSYCHOLOGY of Hispanic Americans
*INTERVIEWING
*PARENTING
*SEX distribution
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*DATA analysis software
*MARITAL status
*FAMILY relations
*PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants
*PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
*SECONDARY analysis
*ADULTS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0161-2840
Hispanic immigrants experience more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and depressive symptom chronicity/severity than non-Hispanic peers. Acculturation stress relates to both depressive symptoms and ACEs, but the mechanism is not well-understood. We conducted a secondary data analysis of baseline data, from an ongoing longitudinal study to test theoretically-based mediating and moderating effects of acculturation stress on the relationship between ACEs and depression in a sample of young adult Hispanic immigrants (N = 391). Results indicated ACEs predicted depressive symptoms. Mediation and moderation effects were significant for cumulative and distinct facets of acculturation stress. Implications for mental health nurses are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]