Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

8 p.

Publication Date

10-2010

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Source Publication

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Source ISSN

1099-9809

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1037/a0020652

Abstract

The objectives of the current study were to document the effects of discrimination on Latino mental health and to identify the circumstances by which ethnic identity serves a protective function. Instances of discrimination and depressive symptoms were measured every day for 13 days in a sample of Latino adults (N = 91). Multilevel random coefficient modeling showed a 1-day lagged effect in which increases in depression were observed the day following a discriminatory event. The findings also revealed differential effects of ethnic identity exploration and commitment. Whereas ethnic identity exploration was found to exacerbate the influence of daily discrimination on next-day depression, ethnic identity commitment operated as a stress buffer, influencing the intensity of and recovery from daily discrimination. The findings are discussed within a stress and coping perspective that identifies appropriate cultural resources for decreasing the psychological consequences associated with daily discrimination.

Comments

This is the accepted, peer-reviewed, corrected version before publisher formatting.

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Volume 16, No. 4 (October 2010), DOI: 10.1037/a0020652. © 2010 American Psychological Association. Used with permission.

This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.

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