Citation

Paulus DJ, Kauffman BY, Garey L, Jardin C, Manning K, Bakhshaie J, Garza M, Ochoa-Perez M, Lemaire C, Zvolensky MJ. Behav. Modif. 2018; 42(5): 661-683.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0145445517725867

PMID

28836443

Abstract

Latinos are one of the fastest growing racial/ethnic population in the United States yet they experience a substantial amount of mental health disparities, such as anxiety and depression, compared with non-Hispanic Whites. The current study examined the interactive effects of rumination and mindful attention on anxiety and depression symptoms among economically disadvantaged Latinos. Participants consisted of 391 Latinos (86.7% female; Mage = 38.8 years [ SD = 11.4]; 95.3% first language Spanish) who attended a community-based primary health care clinic.

RESULTS provided support for an interaction effect of rumination with mindful attention in relation to depressive, suicidal, social anxiety, and anxious arousal symptoms as well as number of mood and anxiety disorders. The pattern of findings was consistent across each of these continuous dependent measures such that the highest levels of each affective variable were found for those with a combination of higher rumination and lower mindful attention. Unexpectedly, there was no interaction in relation to the dichotomous outcome of presence of any mood/anxiety diagnosis.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Poverty; Anxiety; Depression; Suicide; depression; Mindfulness; Attention; anxiety; Primary Health Care; mindfulness; Anxiety Disorders; rumination; Depressive Disorder; Community Health Services; disparities; Hispanic or Latino; Rumination, Cognitive