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Sanchez M, Dillon F, Ruffin B, et al. The Influence of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress of Recent Latino Immigrants. J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work. 2012;21(3)doi: 10.1080/15313204.2012.700443.
Sanchez, M., Dillon, F., Ruffin, B., & De La Rosa, M. (2012). The Influence of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress of Recent Latino Immigrants. Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work, 21(3), . https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2012.700443
Sanchez, Mariana, et al. "The Influence of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress of Recent Latino Immigrants." Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work vol. 21,3 (2012). doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2012.700443
Sanchez M, Dillon F, Ruffin B, De La Rosa M. The Influence of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress of Recent Latino Immigrants. J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work. 2012;21(3). doi: 10.1080/15313204.2012.700443. PMID: 24307865; PMCID: PMC3845494.
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J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work. 2012;21(3). doi: 10.1080/15313204.2012.700443.

The Influence of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress of Recent Latino Immigrants.

Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work

Mariana Sanchez, Frank Dillon, Beverly Ruffin, Mario De La Rosa

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  1. Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS & Drug Abuse (CRUSADA), Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.

PMID: 24307865 PMCID: PMC3845494 DOI: 10.1080/15313204.2012.700443

Abstract

Acculturative stress negatively impacts the physical and mental health of Latino immigrants. Little is known about the pre-immigration resources that may influence the acculturative stress of Latino immigrants. Religion plays a prominent role in Latino culture and may prove to be an influential resource during difficult life transitions, such as those experienced during the immigration process. The present study examines the association between religious coping resources prior to immigration and acculturative stress after immigration within a multiethnic sample of 527 adult Latinos who have lived in the United States for less than 1 year. Path analyses revealed that pre-immigration external religious coping was associated with high levels of post-immigration acculturative stress. Illegal immigrant status was associated with high levels of pre-immigration religious coping as well as post-immigration acculturative stress. These findings expand scientific understanding as to the function and effect of specific religious coping mechanisms among Latino immigrants. Furthermore, results underscore the need for future research, which could serve to inform culturally relevant prevention and treatment programs.

Keywords: Latinos; acculturation; immigrant; religiosity; religious coping

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