Depression and Help Seeking Among Mexican–Americans: The Mediating Role of Familism

Increased depression symptomatology results in a reduced willingness to seek help from family. Focusing on Mexican–Americans, the current study hypothesized that the a reduction in favorable perceptions of familial relations could be partially to blame for limited help seeking among people with depr...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2014-12, Vol.16 (6), p.1225-1231
Main Authors: Keeler, Amanda R., Siegel, Jason T., Alvaro, Eusebio M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adult
Alcohol Abuse
Comparative Law
Cubans
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - ethnology
Depression - psychology
Epistemology
Families & family life
Family - ethnology
Family - psychology
Family Involvement
Female
Help Seeking
Help seeking behavior
Hispanic American Culture
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Hypotheses
Immigrants
International & Foreign Law
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mental health
Mental Health Programs
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans - psychology
Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data
Mexicans
Minority & ethnic groups
Modeling (Psychology)
Noncitizens
Obesity
ORIGINAL PAPER
Perceptions
Physical Health
Private International Law
Psychotherapy
Public Health
Puerto Ricans
Resistance (Psychology)
Social support
Sociology
Studies
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Summary:Increased depression symptomatology results in a reduced willingness to seek help from family. Focusing on Mexican–Americans, the current study hypothesized that the a reduction in favorable perceptions of familial relations could be partially to blame for limited help seeking among people with depression. Data were collected from 84 Mexican–Americans. Measures assessed depression symptomatology, familism, perceptions of help seeking from family, and demographics. As predicted: (1) depression symptomatology was negatively associated with perceptions of help seeking from family; (2) familism was positively associated with perceptions of help seeking from family; and, (3) depression symptomatology was negatively associated with familism. Further, familism partially mediated the relationship between depression symptomatology and help seeking comfort, as well as between depression symptomatology and the perceived utility of familial help seeking. The results indicate a reduction in familistic values may be partially responsible for reduced help seeking among Mexican–Americans with depression.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-013-9824-6