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Dillon FR, Ertl MM, Verile M, et al. A Social Ecological Study of Psychological Distress among Recently Immigrated, Latina Young Adults. J Lat Psychol. 2018;7(1):39-58doi: 10.1037/lat0000106.
Dillon, F. R., Ertl, M. M., Verile, M., Siraj, N., Babino, R., & De La Rosa, M. (2018). A Social Ecological Study of Psychological Distress among Recently Immigrated, Latina Young Adults. Journal of Latina/o psychology, 7(1), 39-58. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000106
Dillon, Frank R, et al. "A Social Ecological Study of Psychological Distress among Recently Immigrated, Latina Young Adults." Journal of Latina/o psychology vol. 7,1 (2018): 39-58. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000106
Dillon FR, Ertl MM, Verile M, Siraj N, Babino R, De La Rosa M. A Social Ecological Study of Psychological Distress among Recently Immigrated, Latina Young Adults. J Lat Psychol. 2018 Feb;7(1):39-58. doi: 10.1037/lat0000106. Epub 2018 May 10. PMID: 30800533; PMCID: PMC6386459.
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J Lat Psychol. 2018 Feb;7(1):39-58. doi: 10.1037/lat0000106. Epub 2018 May 10.

A Social Ecological Study of Psychological Distress among Recently Immigrated, Latina Young Adults.

Journal of Latina/o psychology

Frank R Dillon, Melissa M Ertl, Michael Verile, Nusrat Siraj, Rosa Babino, Mario De La Rosa

Affiliations

  1. University at Albany - State University of New York.
  2. Florida International University.

PMID: 30800533 PMCID: PMC6386459 DOI: 10.1037/lat0000106

Abstract

The present study examined potential individual-, cultural-, and interpersonal-level determinants of psychological distress among young adult Latina immigrants during their initial months in the United States (US). Five hundred thirty participants (aged 18-23 years old) immigrated an average of one year before assessment. Higher levels of psychological distress (as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory, Derogatis & Fitzpatrick, 2004) were associated with undocumented immigration status, more immersion in the dominant (US) society, and more acculturative stress. Participants who more strongly endorsed certain

Keywords: Latina; immigrants; psychological distress; social and cultural determinants

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