Interactive Effect of Negative Affectivity and Rumination in Terms of Mental Health Among Latinos in Primary Care.
The present investigation examined the interactive effects of rumination and negative affectivity in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms and psychopathology among 245 Latino adults (Mage= 39.7, SD = 11.4; 86.9 % female; 97.6 % reported Spanish as their first language) attending a community-based primary healthcare clinic. As expected, there was a significant interaction between rumination and negative affectivity for depressive, suicidal, social anxiety, anxious arousal symptoms, number of mood and anxiety disorders, and disability among the primary care Latino sample. Inspection of the interaction forms indicated a high degree of conceptual similarity. Specifically, rumination was related to greater levels of suicidal symptoms, social anxiety, anxious arousal, number of mood and anxiety disorders, and disability among individuals with higher, but not lower, levels of negative affectivity. The form of the interaction for depressive symptoms was in line with this pattern, but more extreme; rumination was related to greater levels of depressive symptoms among individuals with both higher and lower levels of negative affectivity. Together, these data provide novel empirical evidence suggesting that there is clinically relevant interplay between rumination and negative affectivity in regard to a relatively wide array of anxiety and depressive variables among Latinos in a primary care medical setting.
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. mjzvolen@central.uh.edu.|Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. mjzvolen@central.uh.edu.|The University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Suite 104, Houston, TX, 77204-5502, USA. mjzvolen@central.uh.edu.
Michael J
MJ
Zvolensky
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Daniel J
DJ
Paulus
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Jafar
J
Bakhshaie
Legacy Community Health Services, Houston, Texas, USA.
Monica
M
Garza
Legacy Community Health Services, Houston, Texas, USA.
Melissa
M
Ochoa-Perez
Legacy Community Health Services, Houston, Texas, USA.
Chad
C
Lemaire
Psychotherapeutic Area of "Asociación Ayuda", Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Daniel
D
Bogiaizian
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Zuzuky
Z
Robles
The Ohio State University, Department of Psychology, Columbus, OH, USA.
Amelia
A
Aldao
Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Anahi
A
Collado
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD, USA.
Carl W
CW
Lejuez
Departmentof Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Norman B
NB
Schmidt
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D000074222:Rumination, Cognitive
Latinos; Mental health; Negative affect; Primary care; Rumination