Title
The Importance Of Addressing Acculturative Stress In Marital Therapy With Hispanic Immigrant Women
Keywords
Acculturative stress; Hispanic immigrants women; Marital distress; Marital therapy; Survey descriptive study
Abstract
In this study, we examined the relation between acculturative stress and marital distress among Hispanic immigrant women (N = 95) from the community and explored the role of other variables believed to be important to marital functioning generally, and among immigrants, specifically (e.g., acculturation, ethnic identity, social support, etc.). Consistent with transactional theory of stress, increases in acculturative stress were associated significantly with higher levels of marital distress. A stepwise regression analysis indicated that, among study variables, only acculturative stress and social support contributed significantly to the prediction of marital distress. A mediational analysis indicated that social support partially mediated the effects of acculturative stress on marital distress. Overall, results suggest that although social support seems to reduce both acculturative stress and marital distress, acculturative stress appears to be linked independently with marital distress. The importance of mental health professionals to address acculturative stress with Hispanic women or couples in marital therapy is discussed. © International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology.
Publication Date
4-6-2010
Publication Title
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
Volume
10
Issue
1
Number of Pages
5-21
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
77950198123 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77950198123
STARS Citation
Negy, Charles; Hammons, Mary E.; Reig-Ferrer, Abilio; and Carper, Teresa Marino, "The Importance Of Addressing Acculturative Stress In Marital Therapy With Hispanic Immigrant Women" (2010). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 850.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/850