title: Hostility and quality of life among Hispanics/Latinos in the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine if hostility is associated with physical and mental health-related quality of life (QoL) in US. Hispanics/Latinos after accounting for depression and anxiety.
  
  
  
  Analyses included 5313 adults (62% women, 18-75 years) who completed the ancillary sociocultural assessment of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Participants completed the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale, Spielberger Trait Anger Scale, Cook-Medley Hostility cynicism subscale and Short Form Health Survey. In a structural regression model, associations of hostility with mental and physical QoL were examined.
  
  
  
  In a model adjusting for age, sex, disease burden, income, education and years in the US., hostility was related to worse mental QoL, and was marginally associated with worse physical QoL. However, when adjusting for the influence of depression and anxiety, greater hostility was associated with better mental QoL, and was not associated with physical QoL.
  
  
  
  Results indicate observed associations between hostility and QoL are confounded by symptoms of anxiety and depression, and suggest hostility is independently associated with better mental QoL in this population. Findings also highlight the importance of differentiating shared and unique associations of specific emotions with health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Miami , Coral Gables , FL , USA.
authors.forename: Ashley E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Moncrieft
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Miami , Coral Gables , FL , USA.
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Llabre
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , San Diego State University , San Diego , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.affiliation: c Department of Biostatistics , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , NC , USA.
authors.forename: Jianwen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: c Department of Biostatistics , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , NC , USA.
authors.forename: Franklyn
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , San Diego State University , San Diego , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: d Department of Epidemiology and Population Health , Albert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx , NY , USA.
authors.forename: Natania W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Ostrovsky
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Miami , Coral Gables , FL , USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schneiderman
authors.affiliation: e Department of Medical Social Sciences , Northwestern University , Chicago , IL , USA.
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Penedo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000208:ethnology; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anger; hispanic/Latino; hostility; negative affect; quality of life