Acculturation Stress, Social Support, and Self-Rated Health Among Latinos in California

By B. Finch, W. Vega. Journal of Immigrant Health, 2004

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Perceived Discrimination, Perceived Stress, and Mental and Physical Health Among Mexican-Origin Adults (2008, background): “In fact, acculturative stress is the most common stressor studied among the Mexican-origin population and has been associated with poorer mental health (Dimas, Snowden, Lopez-Kinney, & Vega, 1999; Hovey, 2000; Hovey & Magana, 2000) and general health (Finch & Vega, 2003).”
Identity Development, Personality, and Well‐Being in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (2012, background): “In the longer term, discrimination may lead to chronic physical, emotional, and health problems in adulthood (Finch & Vega, 2003; Williams & Mohammed, 2009).”
Coping With Racism: A Selective Review of the Literature and a Theoretical and Methodological Critique (2009, background): “…Sanders 2006), and four studies examining the hypothesis that social support buffers the effects of racism on physical health-related measures (i.e., self-reported health or cardiovascular reactivity to stress) (Clark 2003; Clark and Gochett 2006; Finch and Vega 2003; McNeilly et al. 1995).”
Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications (2012, background): “Of the 37 methodologically most rigorous studies, 21 (57%) reported significant positive relationships between R/S and SRH [503, 508–527], whereas three (8%) found the opposite [528–530].”