Standardization of the Hispanic Stress Inventory 2

描述(申请人提供)：这项第二阶段的研究将采用多性状/多方法的研究设计。我们的研究设计将包括在4个代表全国拉美裔成年人口多样性的研究地点进行数据收集：洛杉矶、迈阿密、埃尔帕索和波士顿。整个研究样本将包括2400名年龄在18岁及以上的拉美裔美国人。基于配额的横断面抽样设计将在3个不同的发展目标样本中使用，包括a)大学年龄的成年人，b)父母，c)60岁以上的老年人。将在4个研究点实施横断面调查。这项研究回应了拉美裔人口的增长以及心理健康临床医生、初级卫生保健提供者和研究人员以及教育工作者、顾问和刑事司法专业人员的巨大市场，这些人需要与文化相关的评估工具，以筛查和早期诊断拉美裔人口的压力。保健改革的最新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，特别是对于以前获得此类预防性服务的少数群体而言。高压力水平使西班牙裔成年人面临一系列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(版本2)将提供证据，让心理健康和其他医疗保健专业客户相信，该产品是经过科学证明的，具有文化相关性，是他们可以依赖的工具。我们的研究为评估技术的发展带来了一个重要的、研究不足的视角，这些技术将刺激在以高移民和高健康差距为特征的其他人群中开发类似的筛查清单。

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.