title: Strain, Psychological Conflicts, Aspirations-Attainment Gap, and Depressive Tendencies among Youth of Mexican Immigrants.
abstract: Using Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), this study examined the links between strain, psychological conflicts, aspiration-attainment gap, and depressive tendencies of 755 youth of Mexican origin. Two research questions were raised: (a) What types of strain and psychological conflict induced depressive tendencies? (b) What types of aspirations were relevant to these depressive symptoms? Overall, this study showed that factors implicated by collision of values, perceived discrepancies between aspiration and attainment, and negative appraisal of self could induce depressive mood, feelings, and behaviors, an important finding revealing that this underserved population can benefit from better public health services.
authors.affiliation: a University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso , Texas , USA.
authors.forename: Yok-Fong
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Paat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012923:Social Class; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Strain; aspirations; depressive tendencies; youth of Mexican immigrants