Internalizing Symptoms in Latinos: The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity

Autor/inn/en	Varela, R. Enrique; Weems, Carl F.; Berman, Steven L.; Hensley, Lauren; de Bernal, Maria Clara Rodriguez
Titel	Internalizing Symptoms in Latinos: The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36 (2007) 4, S.429-440 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9168-4
Schlagwörter	Whites; Fear; Cultural Differences; Latin Americans; Cultural Background; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Adolescents; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Youth; Immigrants; Gender Differences; Minority Groups; Racial Differences; Foreign Countries; Colombia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? White; Weißer; Furcht; Kultureller Unterschied; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Angst; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnische Minderheit; Rassenunterschied; Ausland; Kolumbien; USA
Abstract	Latin American youth in the United States tend to report more internalizing symptoms than white non-Latino youth, yet little is known about the factors that may contribute to such differences. The present study examined the role that anxiety sensitivity, gender, and ethnic minority status may play in the expression of internalizing symptoms across Latin American adolescents (n = 116) and white non-Latino adolescents (n = 72) in the United States and Colombian adolescents in Colombia (n = 163). Results provide evidence that because fear of anxiety related phenomena and physiological symptoms of anxiety in particular may be normative in Latino culture anxiety sensitivity does not amplify somatic complaints for Latin American and Colombian youth as it does for white non-Latino youth. Results further suggest that anxiety sensitivity and being female predicted anxiety and depressive symptoms independent of cultural background. Implications of the findings to our understanding of cultural variability in internalizing symptoms are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10