@article{ref1,
title="The role of acculturation and intimate partner violence on post-traumatic stress symptoms among Hispanic youth with child welfare contact",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2019",
author="Ciro, Dianne and Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya, Ijeoma",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Research suggests that Hispanic youth with intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure report fewer trauma symptoms compared with youth from other racial/ethnic groups. However, no study has examined possible explanations for this finding. Our objective was to study the association between acculturation, IPV, and post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms among Hispanic youth and to test whether acculturation moderates the relationship between IPV and PTS symptoms. This analysis used data from 271 Hispanic youth aged 8 years or older participating in the second cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW II). We conducted multiple linear regression analyses to achieve our study aims. We did not find a statistically significant relationship between IPV exposure and PTS symptoms among Hispanic youth (<i>B</i> = 0.21, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [-0.09, 0.52]), or that acculturation moderated this relationship (<i>B</i> = 0.04, 95% CI = [-0.23, 0.32]). However, we found a significant relationship between PTS symptoms and acculturation level. Specifically, higher levels of acculturation were associated with more reports of PTS symptoms (<i>B</i> = 1.03, 95% CI = [0.13, 1.93]). These study results highlight the need to consider the role of acculturation when working with Hispanic youth involved with child welfare.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260519881523",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260519881523"
}