Cultural and community resources protect Latino migrant day laborers from discrimination-related distress

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
K Organista, Samantha Ngo

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to test the relationship between discrimination and psychological distress in Latino migrant day laborers (LMDLs), including potential protective factors: access to cultural resources (e.g., festivals, people from one's country of origin), including community services perceived to be culturally competent, and contact with family in country of origin (e.g., phone/text, visits). Findings expand our understanding of discrimination-related psychological distress, in a particularly stigmatized population of Latinos, and how cultural and community resources may help mitigate discrimination-related distress. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 344 LMDLs in the San Francisco Bay Area from February to July 2014. Participants were 46.5% Mexican and 50.7% Central American, 91.9% undocumented, and 40.5 years of age on average (SD = 10.8). Mediation and moderation analyses tested whether protective factors would mitigate discrimination-related distress. Discrimination was related to depression, anxiety, and desesperación, the latter a popular Latino idiom of psychological distress, and this relationship was mediated by access to cultural resources and use of culturally competent community services. Cultural...Continue Reading

Citations

Apr 3, 2020·Annual Review of Public Health·India J OrnelasRaymond A Ruiz
Jun 20, 2020·Journal of Community Psychology·Alba García-CidNatalia Del Pino-Brunet
Mar 5, 2019·Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education·Kurt C OrganistaTorsten B Neilands

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