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- Title
The Impact of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress and Alcohol Use of Recent Latino Immigrants.
- Authors
Sanchez, Mariana; Dillon, Frank; Concha, Maritza; La Rosa, Mario
- Abstract
Religion plays a prominent role in Latino culture and could be influential during difficult life transitions, such as those experienced during the immigration process. This study examines relations between religious coping, acculturative stress, and alcohol use in a sample of 415 recent Latino immigrants. Higher levels of acculturative stress were associated more positive and negative religious coping. Positive religious coping was related to lower alcohol use. Negative religious coping moderated the relationship between acculturative stress and alcohol use. Participants who used more negative religious coping had higher rates of alcohol use when experiencing high levels acculturative stress. Implications for culturally tailored prevention/interventions are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; IMMIGRANTS; ACCULTURATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; CONCEPTUAL structures; ALCOHOL drinking; FACTOR analysis; HISPANIC Americans; PATH analysis (Statistics); PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RELIGION; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; DATA analysis; SECONDARY analysis; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of Religion & Health, 2015, Vol 54, Issue 6, p1986
- ISSN
0022-4197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10943-014-9883-6