scholarly journals The Role of Caregivers' Depressive Symptoms and Asthma Beliefs on Asthma Outcomes Among Low-income Puerto Rican Children

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen G. Martínez ◽  
Edna Acosta Pérez ◽  
Rafael Ramírez ◽  
Glorisa Canino ◽  
Cynthia Rand
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Asthma Outcomes

scholarly journals Stress of Language Brokering and Mexican American Adolescents’ Adjustment: The Role of Cumulative Risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 400-425
Author(s):  
Yishan Shen ◽  
Eunjin Seo ◽  
Dorothy Clare Walt ◽  
Su Yeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Language Brokering ◽  
Adjustment Problems

This study focused on early adolescents’ stress of language brokering and examined the moderating role of family cumulative risk in the relation of language brokering to adjustment problems. Data came from self-reports of 604 low-income Mexican American adolescent language brokers (54% female; [Formula: see text]= 12.4; SD = 0.97; 75% born in the United States) and their parents (99% foreign-born) in central Texas. Path analyses revealed that brokering stress, but not frequency, was positively associated with adolescents’ adjustment problems, including depressive symptoms, anxiety, and delinquency. We also found that the relation between stress of brokering for mothers and adolescents’ depressive symptoms was stronger among families with a high cumulative risk. Further, with a high cumulative risk, adolescents exhibited delinquent behaviors regardless of the levels of stress from translating for fathers. Current findings underscore the importance of examining family contexts in assessing the consequences of language brokering for Mexican American early adolescents’ well-being.

scholarly journals Father–toddler communication in low-income families: The role of paternal education and depressive symptoms

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenessa L. Malin ◽  
Elizabeth Karberg ◽  
Natasha J. Cabrera ◽  
Meredith Rowe ◽  
Tonia Cristaforo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Paternal Education ◽  
Low Income Families

Subjective Social Status and Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Disorders among Low Income Latinos in Primary Care: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 686-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Zvolensky ◽  
Daniel J. Paulus ◽  
Jafar Bakhshaie ◽  
Andres G. Viana ◽  
Monica Garza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Subjective Social Status

Self-Criticism and Depressive Symptoms: Mediating Role of Self-Compassion

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaiyu Zhang ◽  
Natalie N. Watson-Singleton ◽  
Sara E. Pollard ◽  
Delishia M. Pittman ◽  
Dorian A. Lamis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Self Compassion

Self-compassion is gaining recognition as a resilience factor with implications for positive mental health. This study investigated the role of self-compassion in alleviating the effect of self-criticism on depressive symptoms. Participants were 147 urban, low-income African Americans with a recent suicide attempt. They were administered measures of self-criticism, depressive symptoms, and self-compassion. Results from this cross-sectional investigation showed that self-criticism was positively associated with depressive symptoms and negatively associated with self-compassion, and self-compassion was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Bootstrapping analysis revealed that self-compassion mediated the self-criticism–depressive symptoms link, suggesting that self-compassion ameliorates the negative impact of self-criticism on depressive symptoms. Our findings suggest that low-income African Americans with recent suicide attempt histories may benefit from interventions that focus on enhancing self-compassion. These results also highlight self-compassion as a positive trait with promise to improve people’s quality of life and suggest that self-compassion-focused interventions are consistent with a positive psychology framework.

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