Acculturation and ataque de nervios in a community sample

描述（由申请人提供）：鉴于拉丁美洲人是当代美国增长最快的少数民族之一，旨在阐明概念化和痛苦经历的研究对于最适合日益多样化的美国的文化能力专业心理学来说是至关重要的。为了减轻所有美国人的精神疾病负担，调查和理解特定文化的概念化和体验焦虑的模式至关重要。神经衰弱被确定为一种主要的情感疾病，在各种拉丁/o社区与抑郁和焦虑共病，在20多岁到60岁出头的妇女中发现高患病率（Guarnaccia，DeLaCancela & Carrillo，1989）。通过使用定量和定性的方法，该项目探讨了文化适应，神经紧张症，和精神病理学之间的相互作用，在墨西哥/墨西哥裔美国成年女性社区样本。本跨学科项目有四个目的：1）考察文化适应水平在多大程度上预测神经性震颤作为情绪困扰的一种解释; 2）考察神经性震颤典型症状的表达在多大程度上依赖于文化适应水平; 3）探讨文化适应和个体文化适应域在多大程度上预测神经性共济失调症状的认可，和/或或精神病理学;和4）了解与文化适应有关的神经和神经动作的概念。[参与者将从当地社区计划中招募。所有成员都将使用西班牙语版的BSI进行心理困扰的预先筛查。只.具有中度至高度心理困扰的墨西哥/墨西哥裔美国人参与者将有资格进一步参与。首先，所有参与者（N = 75）将接受SCID（临床医生管理的诊断访谈）和两项文化适应措施（AMAS-ZABB和SMAS）。其次，将进行定性访谈（EMIC），探讨神经的类别。回归分析和主题内容分析将相应地用于分析数据。大约20%的美国人在一年内患有精神疾病。生活在美国的拉丁美洲人的显著增加（包括美国公民和外国出生的）要求在由于与歧视、贫困、移民等有关的重大压力因素而有身心痛苦风险的人群中探索精神疾病的经历。需要更多关于拉丁人如何经历痛苦及其与抑郁症（残疾的主要原因和自杀的促成因素）的信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Given that Latinos represent one of the fastest growing minority groups in the contemporary US, studies aimed at elucidating conceptualizations and experiences of distress are undeniably relevant for a culturally competent professional psychology best suited to an increasingly diverse America. To reduce the burden of mental illness for all Americans, it is essential that the culture-specific modes of conceptualizing and experiencing anxiety are investigated and understood. Ataque de nervios is identified as a major affective illness comorbid with depression and anxiety in various Latina/o communities, with high prevalence rates found among women in their mid-twenties to early sixties (Guarnaccia, DeLaCancela, & Carrillo, 1989). Through the use of quantitative and qualitative methods this project explores the interplay between acculturation, ataque de nervios, and psychopathology in a Mexican/Mexican-American adult female community sample. This interdisciplinary project has four aims: 1) to examine the extent to which level of acculturation predicts ataque de nervios as an explanation of emotional distress; 2) to investigate the degreeto which expression of prototypical ataque de nervios symptoms is dependent on level of acculturation; 3) to explore the extent to which acculturation and individual acculturative domains predict endorsement of ataque de nervios symptoms and/or psychopathology; and 4) to learn about conceptions of nervios and ataque de nervios in relation to acculturation. [Participants will be recruited from a local community program. All members will be pre-screened for psychological distress using the Spanish versionjof .the BSI. Only. Mexican/Mexican-rAmerican participants with moderate to high levels of psychological distress will be eligible for further participation. First, all participants (N = 75) will be administered the SCID (a clinician-administered diagnostic interview), and two acculturation measures (AMAS-ZABB and SMAS). Second, a qualitative interview (EMIC) that explores categories of nervios will be administered. Regression analyses and thematic content analysis will be used accordingly to analyze the data. About 20% of US Americans experience mental illness in a given year. The significant rise of Latinos living in the US (both US citizens and foreign-born) demands that experiences of mental illness are explored in populations at risk for physical and psychological distress due to significant stressors related to discrimination, poverty, migration etc. To promote healthy living for all US Americans, more information is needed about how Latinas experience distress and its relation to depression (a leading cause of disability and contributing factor in suicide).