Protective Effects of Ethnic Identity on Mexican American College Students' Psychological Well-Being

Autor/inn/en	Iturbide, Maria I.; Raffaelli, Marcela; Carlo, Gustavo
Titel	Protective Effects of Ethnic Identity on Mexican American College Students' Psychological Well-Being
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 31 (2009) 4, S.536-552 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986309345992
Schlagwörter	College Students; Ethnicity; Mexican Americans; Hispanic American Students; Depression (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Well Being; Acculturation; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Student Adjustment; Gender Differences; Self Esteem; Mexicans; Coping; Mothers; Parent Influence; Educational Attainment; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Ethnizität; Hispanoamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Akkulturation; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Adjustment; Adaptation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Mexikaner; Bewältigung; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	The current study investigated whether different ethnic identity components moderate the associations between acculturative stress and psychological adjustment among Mexican American college students (N = 148; 67% female) who completed self-report surveys. For women, ethnic affirmation/belonging and ethnic identity achievement moderated the relation between acculturative stress and depression at low but not high levels of acculturative stress. Among men with low levels of other group orientation, levels of self-esteem were similar regardless of levels of acculturative stress. Discussion focuses on the role of ethnic identity in Latino students' psychological adjustment and of protective factors that buffer students from acculturative stress. Future research should identify other protective factors that serve as buffers for students experiencing high levels of acculturative stress. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10