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Correlates of religious, supernatural and psychosocial causal beliefs about depression among Latino immigrants in primary care. |
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Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 14(5-6), June-July 2011, pp.589-611. |
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1367-4676 |
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1469-9737 |
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This cross-sectional study investigated causal attributions about depression, and explored psychosocial factors associated with these beliefs among Latino immigrants in the United States. Participants included 177 primary care patients, who were interviewed using instruments to assess causal beliefs, depressive and somatic symptoms, ethnic identity and stigma. Finding revealed three factors – balance, psychosocial, and malevolent spirituality – that were further used as dependent variables in multivariate analyses. Depressive symptoms, age, country of origin and religiosity were significantly associated with particular factors of causal beliefs. Those with higher education were most likely to endorse psychosocial causal beliefs. Stigma pertained to causal beliefs related to ‘malevolent forces’ and ‘personal transgressions’. Psychosocial and religious explanations of illness were strongly endorsed by these Latino immigrants, suggesting a dual system of Western-medicine and traditional beliefs. The authors concluded that culturally-specific interventions for improving health knowledge and communication with patients about depression should be developed. |
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depression; Hispanic people; immigrants; primary care; religious beliefs; stereotyped attitudes; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=0f418d1c-564a-458f-8c53-f7ea9d7615ac |
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