Shir Lerman Ginzburg1, Stephenie C Lemon2, Eric Romo3, Milagros Rosal2. 1. Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT, 06032, USA. sginzburg@uchc.edu. 2. Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA. 3. Department of Clinical and Population Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: US Latinos report high levels of emotional distress. Having positive familial and friend social support buffers emotional distress among US Latinos, but thus far no research has been done on social support and ataque de nervios in that population, or on social strain and emotional distress. METHODS: This paper assesses social support and strain across three relationship types (partner, family, and friends) with three measures of emotional distress (depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios). The sample for partner, family, and friend support included 508 Latino adults 21 and older. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the association of social support and strain with each outcome. RESULTS: As all social support types increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms decreased. Conversely, as each unit of partner and family strain increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms increased. Increased friend strain was associated with greater odds of depressive and anxiety symptoms only. CONCLUSION: Social support in all three network types (partner, family, and friend) was associated with a decrease in the odds of emotional distress, assessed as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios.
BACKGROUND: US Latinos report high levels of emotional distress. Having positive familial and friend social support buffers emotional distress among US Latinos, but thus far no research has been done on social support and ataque de nervios in that population, or on social strain and emotional distress. METHODS: This paper assesses social support and strain across three relationship types (partner, family, and friends) with three measures of emotional distress (depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios). The sample for partner, family, and friend support included 508 Latino adults 21 and older. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the association of social support and strain with each outcome. RESULTS: As all social support types increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms decreased. Conversely, as each unit of partner and family strain increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms increased. Increased friend strain was associated with greater odds of depressive and anxiety symptoms only. CONCLUSION: Social support in all three network types (partner, family, and friend) was associated with a decrease in the odds of emotional distress, assessed as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios.
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Ataque de Nervios; Emotional distress; Latinos; Social networks; Social strain; Social support
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