Stress and Coping in Minority Adolescents: An Internet-Based Daily Diary Study

少数民族青少年的压力和应对：基于互联网的每日日记研究

• 批准号: 7672563
• 负责人: Arianna Aldridge Gerry
• 金额: $ 2.79万
• 依托单位: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7672563
• 关键词: Adolescence; Adolescent; African American; Alcohol consumption; Alcohols; Asian Americans; Behavioral; Caucasians; Caucasoid Race; Chronic stress; Clinical; Cognitive; Coping Skills; Data; Decision Making; Drops; Drug usage; Emotions; Environment; Ethnic group; Frequencies; Future; Goals; Health behavior; Health behavior outcomes; Heavy Drinking; Individual; Internet; Intervention; Linear Models; Measures; Mental Health; Mexican Americans; Minority; Minority Groups; Modeling; National Institute of Mental Health; Nature; Nicotine Dependence; Outcome; Participant; Problem Solving; Problem behavior; Process; Psychosocial Factor; Religion; Research; Research Personnel; Risk; Severities; Social Adjustment; Social support; Stress; Stress and Coping; Testing; Youth; base; behavioral health; college; coping; cultural values; diaries; ethnic minority population; experience; indexing; member; mental development; predictive modeling; preference; response; skills training; stressor; treatment program

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The college environment presents risks for the development of mental and behavioral problems, alcohol and drug use, and nicotine dependence for those in late adolescence (e.g., Hingson et al. 2002). This "new" environment can be especially challenging for individuals from underrepresented groups (i.e., ethnic minorities), who typically experience poorer mental health outcomes and increased drop-out rates. Scarce research has been conducted on ethnic minority individuals that explains or predicts mental health and health behavior outcomes with psychosocial variables, such as coping. Therefore, the goals of the proposed study are four-fold: (a) to develop a predictive model of the stress and coping process within each ethnic minority group, (b) to make between-ethnic group comparisons (including comparisons to Caucasians) to evaluate the similarities and differences of these predictive models, (c) to test severity and frequency of stressors experienced by adolescents in each ethnic group, as well as related coping preferences and psychological health/health behavior outcomes; and (d) to test whether coping styles differentially moderate the relationship between stress and alcohol use dependent upon coping style and the type of stressor experienced. Using an internet-based daily diary approach, 300 ethnic minority (Mexican Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans) and 100 Caucasian participants will complete measures that assess daily stressors, the specific coping strategies employed to deal with stressors, and indices of psychological health and health behaviors over the course of 5 consecutive days. In addition, participants will complete measures of daily alcohol use. Because of the nested nature of this data, hierarchical linear modeling will be employed to examine the proposed relations. The findings from the proposed research will have important clinical implications that reflect the NIMH priorities. Specifically, predictive models will identify both maladaptive/adaptive coping repertoires within specific minority adolescent ethnic groups, thus informing both clinicians and intervention researchers who emphasize coping skills training and psychological health. Moreover, the proposed research is also important because specific coping styles, cultural values, and combinations thereof, might identify individuals who are particularly prone to use maladaptive coping strategies and engage in risky health behaviors. The proposed research will evaluate the relationship between daily stress, coping, and indices of psychological health and health behaviors in several minority adolescent groups. The findings will assist with identifying "at-risk" youth and inform future intervention and treatment programs.

描述（由申请人提供）：大学环境对青春期后期的精神和行为问题，酒精和药物的发展以及尼古丁的依赖有风险（例如Hingson等人，2002年）。对于来自代表性不足的群体（即少数民族）的个人而言，这种“新”环境可能尤其具有挑战性，他们通常经历较差的心理健康成果和提高的辍学率。已经对少数民族个人进行了稀缺研究，这些族裔个人用社会心理变量（例如应对）来解释或预测心理健康和健康行为成果。 Therefore, the goals of the proposed study are four-fold: (a) to develop a predictive model of the stress and coping process within each ethnic minority group, (b) to make between-ethnic group comparisons (including comparisons to Caucasians) to evaluate the similarities and differences of these predictive models, (c) to test severity and frequency of stressors experienced by adolescents in each ethnic group, as well as related coping preferences and psychological health/health behavior结果； （d）测试应对样式是否会差异地适应压力和酒精使用之间的关系取决于应对方式以及经历的压力源类型。使用基于互联网的日记方法，有300名少数民族（墨西哥裔美国人，非裔美国人，亚裔美国人）和100名高加索人参与者将完成评估日常压力源的措施，在连续5天内采用了应对压力源的特定应对策略以及与心理健康和健康行为的索引。此外，参与者将完成日常饮酒的措施。由于这些数据的嵌套性质，将采用层次线性建模来检查提出的关系。拟议研究的发现将具有重要的临床意义，以反映NIMH优先级。具体而言，预测模型将确定特定少数民族青少年族群内的适应不良/适应性应对曲目，从而告知临床医生和干预研究人员，他们强调应对技能培训和心理健康。此外，拟议的研究也很重要，因为特定的应对方式，文化价值及其组合可能会识别出特别容易使用不良适应性应对策略并从事风险的健康行为的人。拟议的研究将评估几个少数青少年群体的日常压力，应对和心理健康和健康行为指标之间的关系。这些发现将有助于确定“处于危险”的青年，并为未来的干预和治疗计划提供信息。