Psychological Distress and Its Relationship to Acculturation Among Mexican Americans

acculturating individual acculturation and demoralization acculturation and depression acculturation and psychological acculturation model acculturation scales American Analysis of Variance Anglo Anglo-Americans ARSMA behavior bicultural Buriel CES-D chance economic locus Chicano college students Control Scale cross-cultural Cuellar depression and demoralization dimensions dominant culture ELCS ELCS-Chance ethnic explained variance external factors females Garza Gender groups Hispanic interaction internal investigated the relationship Jasso Journal Keefe Kolody Kurtines levels of acculturation levels of social locus of control Martinez measures mental health Mexican Mexican-American family Mexican-Americans moderate negative Padilla population predictor of depression predictor variables present study psychological adjustment psychological distress psychosocial Questionnaire refers relate to psychological relationship between acculturation reliability Religious Preference Results indicated Rotter sample San Diego County Sarason schizophrenia significant predictor significant relationship social support number social support satisfaction socioeconomic status stress subjects support and chance Szapocznik total acculturation traditional Type of Community U.S. Census Bureau validity