Are somatic symptoms and related distress more prevalent in Hispanic/Latino youth? Some methodological considerations.
This article comments on the current status of the anxiety literature involving Latino children and adolescents. As the 2 articles that focus on Hispanic/Latino youth in this special section independently found somatic symptoms to be more prevalent in Latino youth than other racial/ethnic groups (Pina & Silverman, this issue; Varela et al., this issue), this commentary discusses methodological considerations for guiding future anxiety research and makes suggestions for clinicians who treat Latino children and adolescents.
Canino
Glorisa
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Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR. gcanino@rcm.upr.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*