Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology
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Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol · Oct 2007
Acculturative stress, social support, and coping: relations to psychological adjustment among Mexican American college students.
This study examined the relations between acculturative stress and psychological functioning, as well as the protective role of social support and coping style, in a sample of 148 Mexican American college students (67% female, 33% male; mean age = 23.05 years, SD = 3.33). In bivariate analyses, acculturative stress was associated with higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms. ⋯ In addition, peer support moderated the relation between acculturative stress and anxiety symptoms. Implications for reducing the effects of acculturative stress among Mexican American college students are discussed.