Acculturative Stress, Psychological Distress, and Religious Coping Among Latina Young Adult Immigrants

Religion is a source of strength in Latina/o culture during challenging life transitions, such as the immigration process. Guided by a sociological stress–process model, this study examines relations between dimensions of religious coping, acculturative stress, and psychological distress among 530 young Latina women (ages 18-23 years) who recently immigrated to the United States (i.e., approximately 12 months prior to assessment). Higher levels of acculturative stress were associated with higher levels of psychological distress. Negative religious coping (i.e., the tendency to struggle with faith) moderated the relation between acculturative stress and psychological distress. Participants experiencing higher levels of acculturative stress reported greater psychological distress when they indicated more negative religious coping. Positive religious coping (i.e., the tendency to relate to faith with comfort and certainty) was not linked with acculturative stress or psychological distress. Implications for culturally tailored counseling interventions for this underserved and understudied population are discussed.

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The Association of Positive or Negative Religious Coping Methods With Psychological Distress and Quality of Life Among Parents of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease

Frontiers in Pediatrics ◽

10.3389/fped.2021.753032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Jian-Feng Liu ◽

Wen-Peng Xie ◽

Wen-Hao Lin ◽

Hua Cao ◽

Qiang Chen

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Religious Coping ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Coping Methods ◽

Negative Religious Coping ◽

Positive Religious Coping ◽

Religious Coping Methods

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether positive and negative religious coping methods were associated with psychological distress and quality of life in parents of infants with congenital heart disease (CHD).Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted at a provincial hospital in Fujian, China. Clinical data from 115 parents of infants with CHD were collected. Chinese Sociodemographic Forms, Brief RCOPE, Beck Depression Interview (BDI), and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were used in this study.Results: The sex of caregivers in infants with CHD was an independent predictor of BDI scores. The positive religious coping score and the negative religious coping score were both independent predictors of the BDI score (β = −5.365, P = 0.006 and β = 4.812, p = 0.017). The correlation between the quality-of-life scores and positive or negative religious coping scores indicated that positive religious coping scores were significantly positively correlated with Vitality, Social Functioning, and Mental Health scores. There was a significant negative correlation between negative religious coping scores and mental health scores.Conclusions: Positive or negative religious coping methods may be associated with psychological distress and quality of life among parents of infants with CHD. It is suggested that more attention should be devoted to the influence of religious coping methods on parents of infants with CHD, and the use of religious resources should be encouraged.

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Negative religious coping as a mediator between perceived prejudice and psychological distress among African Americans: A structural equation modeling approach.

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality ◽

10.1037/rel0000228 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 257-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Asia T. McCleary-Gaddy ◽

Carol T. Miller

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation Modeling ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

African Americans ◽

Religious Coping ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Modeling Approach ◽

Negative Religious Coping

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The Associations Between Multiple Dimensions of Acculturation and Psychological Distress Among Latinx Youth From Immigrant Families

Youth & Society ◽

10.1177/0044118x19898698 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 0044118X1989869

Author(s):

Katie E. Hale ◽

Gabriel Kuperminc

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Acculturative Stress ◽

Immigrant Families ◽

The United States ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Language Preference ◽

Cognitive Dimension ◽

Multiple Dimensions ◽

English Dominant ◽

Latinx Adolescents

Acculturation includes cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions, but few studies have included all three, and little is known about the ways in which these dimensions interact with contextual factors to predict psychological distress among Latinx adolescents. The current study explored the strength of the associations between the three dimensions of acculturation and psychological distress among Latinx adolescents from immigrant families ( N = 129). The study also investigated whether acculturative stress and time in the United States moderated these associations. Results indicated that higher levels of acculturative stress and lower levels of familism (an indicator of the cognitive dimension of acculturation) predicted higher psychological distress. Age of arrival moderated the association between language preference (behavioral dimension) and psychological distress for English-dominant participants such that later arrival (during adolescence) was associated with less distress compared with arrival in early childhood.

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Religiosity, religious coping and psychological distress among Muslim university students in Malaysia

International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) ◽

10.11591/ijere.v10i1.20870 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 150

Author(s):

Mohd Hazreen Abdul Rashid ◽

Nurul Azreen Hashim ◽

Azlina Wati Nikmat ◽

Mariam Mohamad

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

University Students ◽

Religious Coping ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Social Changes ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Prevalence Of Depression ◽

Negative Religious Coping

<span>High demands of academic life and social changes caused relatively high prevalence of psychological distress among university students compared to the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of psychological distress among university students and to examine the factors associated with them. This was cross sectional study involving 467 Bachelor degree students from various faculties in Universiti Teknologi MARA. Participants were assessed using the Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE), the Hatta Islamic Religiosity Index 1996 (HIRS96) and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21). This study highlighted relatively high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among the students of UiTM Shah Alam. We also found consistent significant association between negative religious coping with both anxiety and depressive symptoms. Consistent with the earlier studies done among Muslim samples, the positive religious coping is not significantly associated with better psychological outcomes although only small effect was observed towards the depressive symptoms.</span>

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