title: Acculturative Stress and Depressive Symptomatology Among Mexican and Mexican American Students in the U.S.: Examining Associations with Cultural Incongruity and Intragroup Marginalization.
abstract: This study examined associations of intragroup marginalization and cultural incongruity with acculturative stress and depressive symptoms among 155 undergraduate U.S. college students of Mexican heritage. Findings indicate that perceived interpersonal distancing by the family (intragroup marginalization) and perceived lack of cultural fit between the respondent and academic institution (cultural incongruity) had statistically significant direct and indirect effects on depressive symptoms via acculturative stress. Results also show that 39.7 % of the variance corresponding with depressive symptoms was accounted for by intragroup marginalization, cultural incongruity, acculturative stress, and other exogenous variables.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, 704 Harrington Tower, College Station, TX 77843-4225, USA.
authors.forename: Linda G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, 1925 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Yessenia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Marcel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Dios
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, The University of Texas School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin Street, Suite 2558, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Angelica M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Roncancio
keywords: Cultural incongruity; Depressive symptoms; Marginalization; Mexican; Stress