Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Fourteen Mexican American or bi-ethnic early adolescents and one of their caregivers vi were interviewed using an unstructured interview process.Transcribed interviews were analyzed qualitatively.Findings suggest that both girls and caregivers focus on the contribution of negative life events, interpersonal relationship stress, personal characteristics, gender discrimination, and biology on the increased prevalence of depression.It is noteworthy that each of these factors is strongly correlated with the family socio-cultural environment.This study concludes with a proposal to integrate the work of Zayas, Lester, Cabassa, and Fortuna (2005) regarding Latina suicide attempts and the work of Hyde, Mezulis, and Abramson (2008) regarding the increase in girls' rates of depression during early adolescence to explain the increased prevalence of depression in Mexican American girls yielding additional affective, biological, and cognitive vulnerabilities as well as particular negative life events.
Author: Sandra Lynn Lopez-Morales
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2336170169