title: Perceived social stress, pregnancy-related anxiety, depression and subjective social status among pregnant Mexican and Mexican American women in south Texas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine differences in subjective social status, perceived social stress, depressive symptoms, and pregnancy-related anxiety between pregnant Mexican American and Mexican immigrant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred pregnant Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women in South Texas were surveyed for pregnancy-related anxiety, perceived social stress, depressive symptoms, and subjective social status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pregnant Mexican immigrant women had higher levels of pregnancy-related anxiety and lower levels of depression and perceived social stress than pregnant Mexican American women. Change in these variables among Mexican immigrant women was relatively linear as time of residence in the United States increased. Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women had significantly different correlations between subjective social status, self-esteem and perceived social stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that subjective social status is an important psychosocial variable among pregnant Hispanic women. Results contribute to ongoing efforts to provide culturally responsive prenatal psychosocial support services.
authors.forename: K Jill
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Fleuriet
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Sunil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012923:Social Class; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult