Stress, coping, and health: a comparison of Mexican immigrants, Mexican-Americans, and non-Hispanic whites.
Stress, coping, and health: a comparison of Mexican immigrants, Mexican-Americans, and non-Hispanic whites.
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10.1007/s10903-005-3678-5
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2005-07-01
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Perez, Maria de Jesus Diaz
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Farley, Tillman;Galves, Al;Perez, Maria de Jesus Diaz
墨西哥移民、墨西哥裔美国人和非西班牙裔美国白人都面临着不同的压力源。每个群体的压力应对策略也可能有所不同。我们比较了生活在美国的墨西哥公民、墨西哥裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人的农村样本中感知压力、压力应对策略和健康相关生活质量 (HRQL) 之间的关系。三组人的健康相关生活质量和压力应对方式各不相同。墨西哥公民的身体机能明显优于非西班牙裔白人或墨西哥裔美国人。墨西哥裔美国人的心理健康状况明显好于非西班牙裔白人或墨西哥公民。墨西哥公民更有可能使用积极的重构、否认和宗教，而不太可能使用药物滥用和自我分散作为应对压力的策略。压力应对方式可能是身体和心理 HRQL 的潜在可改变预测因素，并且可能解释西班牙裔健康悖论的部分原因。
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, Mexican-Americans, 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. Stress-coping style may be a potentially modifiable predictor of physical and mental HRQL, and may account for part of the Hispanic health paradox.