Standardization of the Hispanic Stress Inventory 2

描述（由申请人提供）：本II期研究将采用多性状/多方法研究设计。我们的研究设计将包括在4个代表全国西班牙裔成年人口多样性的研究地点进行的数据收集任务：洛杉矶、迈阿密、埃尔帕索和波士顿。总的研究样本将包括2,400名18岁及以上的西班牙裔美国人。将在3个发育不同的目标样本中使用基于配额的横断面抽样设计，包括a）大学年龄成人，B）父母和c）60岁以上老年人。将在4个研究中心进行横断面调查。这项研究回应了西班牙裔人口的增长，沿着一个巨大的心理健康临床医生，初级卫生保健提供者和研究人员以及教育工作者，辅导员和刑事司法专业人员的市场，他们要求文化相关的评估工具，用于西班牙裔人口的压力筛查和早期诊断。最近的保健改革趋势以及对预防健康和行为健康问题的重视，将需要使用更好的筛查和诊断工具，特别是对以前很少获得这种预防服务的少数群体。高压力水平使西班牙裔成年人面临各种行为健康问题的风险。我们的研究将从几个方面改进这一弱势群体的压力评估技术。西班牙裔压力清单（第2版）将提供证据，说服心理健康和其他医疗保健专业客户，该产品是科学证明和文化相关的，他们可以依赖的工具。我们的研究带来了一个重要的，并根据研究的角度来开发评估技术，这将刺激在其他人群中开发类似的筛查清单，高移民率和高健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase II study will utilize a multi-trait/multi-method research design. Our research design will include data collection tasks in 4 research sites that represent the diversity of the national Hispanic adult population: Los Angeles, Miami, El Paso, and Boston. The total research sample will consist of 2,400 Hispanics, ages 18 and older. A cross sectional, quota based sampling design will be used in 3 distinct developmentally distinct target samples, including a) college aged adults, b) parents, and c) seniors over 60. A cross-sectional survey will be implemented in the 4 research sites. This research responds to the growth in the Hispanic population along with a large market of mental health clinicians, primary health care providers and researchers as well as educators, counselors and criminal justice professionals who are demanding culturally relevant assessment tools for the screening and early diagnosing of stress in the Hispanic population. Recent trends in health reform and emphasis on prevention of health and behavioral health problems will necessitate the use of better screening and diagnostic tools, particularly for minority groups who previously have had low access to such preventive services. High stress levels put Hispanic adults at-risk for a wide range of behavioral health problems. Our research will improve the technology of stress assessment in this vulnerable population in several ways. The Hispanic Stress Inventory (Version 2) will provide evidence that will convince the mental health and other health care professional customers that the product is scientifically proven and culturally relevant and an instrument they can depend on. Our research brings an important, and under researched perspective to the development of assessment technologies that will stimulate the development of similar screening inventories in other populations characterized by high immigration and high health disparities.