Acculturative Stress, Resilience, and a Syndemic Factor Among Latinx Immigrants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The process of immigration and subsequent adaptation can expose Latinx immigrants to chronic and compounding challenges (i.e., acculturative stress), but little is known about how resilience factors and these stressors interact to influence syndemic conditions, intertwined epidemics that disproportionally affect historically marginalized communities.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to describe the influence of acculturative stress and resilience on the syndemic factor underlying substance abuse, intimate partner violence, HIV risk, and mental conditions.

Methods

Baseline cross-sectional data from a community-engaged, longitudinal study of 391 adult (ages 18-44 years) Latinx immigrants in North Carolina were obtained using standardized measures avai

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Guarda RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10299814 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Aug 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature