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Investigating Psychosocial Well-being Among Ethnically Diverse Rural Women: Expect the Unexpected

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of similarity and difference in psychosocial well-being among 42 first-generation, Spanish-speaking Latinas, 23 second-generation, English-speaking Latinas, and 25 English-speaking Caucasian women residing in five unique rural Nebraska communities. Participants completed a series of self-report survey instruments to assess indices of psychosocial health, including: marital satisfaction, marital communication, family communication, social support, and depression. Spanishspeaking Latinas and English-speaking Caucasians evidenced the greatest similarity in patterns of experience. Twenty-eight percent of the total sample (n = 25) scored above the clinical cutoff for depression. Implications and suggestions for future work are discussed.

Source: Lincoln (University of Nebraska)

Authors: Dalla, Rochelle L., Huddleston-Casas, Catherine, León, Maria

Institutions: University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2109468052

FWCI: 0.886

Cites: 43

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10