Rates, Associations, and Predictors of Psychopathology in a Convenience Sample of School-Aged Latino Youth: Identifying Areas for Mental Health Outreach.
Rates, Associations, and Predictors of Psychopathology in a Convenience Sample of School-Aged Latino Youth: Identifying Areas for Mental Health Outreach.
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学龄拉丁裔青年的方便样本中精神病理学的比率、关联和预测因素：确定心理健康外展领域。
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10.1007/s10826-016-0404-y
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发表时间：
2016
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2.1
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Gerdes,AlysonC
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作者：
Haack,LaurenM;Kapke,TheresaL;Gerdes,AlysonC
拉丁美洲青年人口正在迅速增长，预计到2060年将占青年总人口的近40%。不幸的是，美国存在着差距，例如，年轻的拉丁美洲人比非西班牙裔白人更不可能接受和受益于心理健康服务。为了确定和优先考虑心理健康外展的具体领域，目前的研究探讨了初步率，协会和预测的儿童精神病理学在一个方便的样本拉丁美洲青年。123名讲西班牙语和英语的拉丁裔学龄儿童家长完成了一系列关于儿童和家庭功能的问卷调查。拉丁裔青年在目前的样本表现出可比率的精神病理学非参考，规范样本。父母文化适应（特别是分离的父母文化适应状态：对拉丁美洲文化的高取向和对美国主流文化的低取向）与多个领域临床显著精神病理学的患病率增加相关，社会经济地位与思想问题的患病率增加相关。此外，分离的父母文化适应状态显着预测临床显着的焦虑/抑郁问题的患病率，这样的年轻父母显示分离的文化适应状态显着更多的代表性在临床升高组比功能组。这些初步结果表明，为了开始解决美国现有的心理健康差异，可能有必要优先推广到拉丁裔青年的父母保持对拉丁裔文化的取向，而不是美国主流文化。
The Latino youth population is rapidly growing and expected to comprise nearly 40 % of the total youth population by 2060. Unfortunate disparities exist in the United States (U.S.), such that young Latinos are less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to receive and benefit from mental health services. In order to identify and prioritize specific areas of mental health outreach, the current study examined preliminary rates, associations, and predictors of child psychopathology in a convenience sample of Latino youth. 123 Spanish and English speaking Latino parents of school-aged children completed a series of questionnaires regarding child and family functioning. Latino youth in the current sample demonstrated comparable rates of psychopathology to non-referred, normative samples. Parental acculturation (particularly Separated parental acculturation status: high orientation to Latino culture and low orientation to U.S. mainstream culture) was associated with an increased prevalence of clinically significant psychopathology across several domains, and socioeconomic status was associated with an increased prevalence of thought problems. Additionally, Separated parental acculturation status significantly predicted the prevalence of clinically significant anxious/depressed problems, such that youth of parents displaying Separated acculturation status were significantly more represented in the clinically-elevated groups than the functional groups. These preliminary results suggest that prioritizing outreach to Latino youth of parents maintaining orientation to Latino culture but not U.S. mainstream culture may be necessary in order to begin addressing existing mental health disparities in the U.S.