title: SES and race-ethnic differences in the stress-buffering effects of coping resources among young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assesses socioeconomic status (SES) and race-ethnic differences in the extent to which coping resources (social support and self-esteem) buffer the negative impact of chronic stress on depressive symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyze data from a large community-based sample of young adults (ages 18-23) living in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA (N = 1411).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Study findings indicate that the stress-buffering effects of social support or self-esteem do not vary by SES. However, independent of SES and other study controls, non-Hispanic whites experience greater stress-buffering effects from social support than African-Americans and African-Americans experience greater stress-buffering effects from self-esteem than Cubans and Nicaraguans.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In light of these results, we conclude that a greater understanding of racial and ethnic differences in mental health requires close attention to cultural transmissions of coping strategies within groups, which may be partly responsible for these differences in buffering effects.
authors: a Department of Sociology , Georgia State University , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors: Mathew D
authors: MD
authors: Gayman
authors: Andrew M
authors: AM
authors: Cislo
authors: Alexa R
authors: AR
authors: Goidel
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Ueno
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012923:Social Class; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult