Stress, coping, and health: A comparison of Mexican immigrants, Mexican Americans, and non-Hispanic whites

Individual Author(s) / Organizational Author
Farley, Tillman
Galves, Al
Dickinson, L. Miriam
Perez, Maria de Jesus Diaz
Publisher
Journal of Immigrant Health
Date
July 2005
Abstract / Description

Mexican immigrants, Mexican-Americans, and non-Hispanic white Americans all face different stressors. Stress-coping strategies may vary for each group as well. We compared relationships among perceived stress, stress-coping strategies, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in a rural sample of Mexican citizens living in the United States, MexicanAmericans, and non-Hispanic whites. Health-related quality of life and stress-coping styles varied among the three groups. Mexican citizens reported significantly better physical functioning than did non-Hispanic whites or Mexican-Americans. Mexican-Americans reported significantly better mental health functioning than did non-Hispanic whites or Mexican citizens. Mexican citizens were more likely to use positive reframing, denial, and religion, and less likely to use substance abuse and self-distraction, as stress-coping strategies. Stresscoping style may be a potentially modifiable predictor of physical and mental HRQL, and may account for part of the Hispanic health paradox. (author abstract)

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Artifact Type
Research
Reference Type
Journal Article
Priority Population
Ethnic and racial groups
P4HE Authored
No
Topic Area
Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing » Mental/Behavioral Health