TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol use severity, depressive symptoms, and optimism among Hispanics
T2 - Examining the immigrant paradox in a serial mediation model
AU - Cobb, Cory L.
AU - Schwartz, Seth J.
AU - Salas-Wright, Christopher P.
AU - Pinedo, Miguel
AU - Martinez, Priscilla
AU - Meca, Alan
AU - Isaza, Alejandra G.
AU - Lorenzo-Blanco, Elma I.
AU - McClure, Heather
AU - Marsiglia, Flavio F.
AU - Martínez, Charles R.
AU - Cano, Miguel Ángel
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (K01AA025992, K01AA024832, R01AA027767) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54 MD002266). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health. Scientific editing by Timothy Elliott.
Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (K01AA025992, K01AA024832, R01AA027767) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54 MD002266). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health. Scientific editing by Timothy Elliott.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Objective: Hispanic immigrants exhibit more positive outcomes than U.S.-born Hispanics across educational, psychological, and physical health indices, a phenomenon called the immigrant paradox. We examined the immigrant paradox in relation to alcohol use severity among Hispanic young adults while considering both positive (optimism) and negative (depressive symptoms) processes. Method: Among 200 immigrant and U.S.-born Hispanic young adults (Mage = 21.30; 49% male) in Arizona and Florida, we tested whether optimism and depressive symptoms statistically mediated the relationship between nativity and alcohol use severity. Specifically, we examined whether Hispanic immigrants reported greater optimism than their U.S.-born counterparts, and whether such optimism was, in turn, associated with less depressive symptoms and thus lower alcohol use severity. Results: Indirect effects were significant in hypothesized directions (nativity → optimism → depressive symptoms → alcohol use severity). Conclusions: Both positive and negative psychological processes are important to consider when accounting for the immigrant paradox vis-à-vis alcohol use severity among Hispanic young adults.
AB - Objective: Hispanic immigrants exhibit more positive outcomes than U.S.-born Hispanics across educational, psychological, and physical health indices, a phenomenon called the immigrant paradox. We examined the immigrant paradox in relation to alcohol use severity among Hispanic young adults while considering both positive (optimism) and negative (depressive symptoms) processes. Method: Among 200 immigrant and U.S.-born Hispanic young adults (Mage = 21.30; 49% male) in Arizona and Florida, we tested whether optimism and depressive symptoms statistically mediated the relationship between nativity and alcohol use severity. Specifically, we examined whether Hispanic immigrants reported greater optimism than their U.S.-born counterparts, and whether such optimism was, in turn, associated with less depressive symptoms and thus lower alcohol use severity. Results: Indirect effects were significant in hypothesized directions (nativity → optimism → depressive symptoms → alcohol use severity). Conclusions: Both positive and negative psychological processes are important to consider when accounting for the immigrant paradox vis-à-vis alcohol use severity among Hispanic young adults.
KW - alcohol use severity
KW - depression
KW - immigrant paradox
KW - optimism
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U2 - 10.1002/jclp.23014
DO - 10.1002/jclp.23014
M3 - Article
C2 - 32592612
AN - SCOPUS:85087285322
SN - 0021-9762
VL - 76
SP - 2329
EP - 2344
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology
IS - 12
ER -