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. 2020 Jul-Sep;46(3-4):245-257.
doi: 10.1080/08964289.2020.1712646. Epub 2020 Jan 14.

Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Family Cohesion, and Social Support

Miguel Ángel Cano  1 , Felipe González Castro  2 , Mario De La Rosa  1 , Hortensia Amaro  1 , William A Vega  1 , Mariana Sánchez  1 , Patria Rojas  1 , Daisy Ramírez-Ortiz  1 , Tanjila Taskin  1 , Guillermo Prado  3 , Seth J Schwartz  3 , David Córdova  4 , Christopher P Salas-Wright  5 , Marcel A de Dios  6
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Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Family Cohesion, and Social Support

Miguel Ángel Cano et al. Behav Med. 2020 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Emerging adulthood has been described as a difficult stage in life and may be particularly stressful for Hispanic emerging adults who are disproportionately exposed to adversity and chronic sociocultural stressors. To better prevent and treat depressive disorders among Hispanic emerging adults, more research is needed to identify and understand modifiable determinants that can help this population enhance their capacity to offset and recover from adversity and sociocultural stressors. As such, this study aimed to (1) examine the association between resilience and depressive symptoms among Hispanic emerging adults, and (2) examine the extent to which intrapersonal resources (e.g., mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation strategies) and interpersonal resources (e.g., family cohesion, social support) moderate the association between resilience and depressive symptoms. To examine these aims, 200 Hispanic emerging adults (ages 18-25) from Arizona (n = 99) and Florida (n = 101) completed a cross-sectional survey, and data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression and moderation analyses. Findings from the hierarchical multiple regression indicate that higher resilience was associated with lower depressive symptoms. Findings from the moderation analyses indicate that family cohesion, social support, and emotion regulation strategies (e.g., cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) functioned as moderators; however, mindfulness and distress tolerance were not significant moderators. Findings from this study add to the limited literature on resilience among Hispanics that have used validated measures of resilience. Furthermore, we advance our understanding of who may benefit most from higher resilience based on levels of intrapersonal and interpersonal resources.

Keywords: Cognitive reappraisal; interpersonal resources; intrapersonal resources; positive adaptation; reserve capacity.

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Conflict of interest statement

Author Disclosures: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest and do not have any financial disclosures to report.

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Two-way interactions with emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, moderating the association between resilience and depressive symptoms.
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Two-way interactions with interpersonal resources, social support and family cohesion, moderating the association between resilience and depressive symptoms.
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