OBJECTIVES Unfair treatment is a chronic social stressor with negative consequences for the mental health status of socially disadvantaged individuals. How individuals cope with stressful situations may reduce or amplify the mental burden associated with unfair treatment. The present study focuses on identifying coping strategies that mitigate the association between unfair treatment and the risk of clinical depression among Puerto Ricans, 1 of the largest Latinx subgroups in the U.S. METHOD Data were from the third wave of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Using logistic regression, we tested the moderating roles of 12 types of coping strategies in the associations between recent experiences of perceived unfair treatment and depression among 963 Puerto Rican adults, aged 49 to 81, living in the Boston, MA metropolitan area. RESULTS Increased exposure to perceived unfair treatment was associated with higher odds of being at risk of clinical depression. Results suggest that coping strategies such as planning, acceptance, humor, and religion significantly mitigate the association between recent unfair treatment and depression. CONCLUSIONS Our findings offer guidance on developing a culturally sensitive therapy for Puerto Ricans that promotes specific types of coping strategies to reduce the mental burden of unfair treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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波士顿波多黎各人之间的不公平待遇，应对策略和沮丧感。

目标不公平待遇是一种长期的社会压力源，会对社会弱势群体的心理健康状况产生负面影响。个人如何应对压力大的情况可能会减轻或加剧与不公平待遇有关的精神负担。本研究的重点是确定缓解波多黎各人（美国最大的拉丁裔亚组之一）中不公平治疗与临床抑郁风险之间的关联的应对策略。方法数据来自波士顿波多黎各人健康研究的第三波。使用逻辑回归，我们测试了12种应对策略在最近的感知不公平待遇与抑郁症之间的关联中的调节作用，这些经历是居住在马萨诸塞州波士顿大都会区的963名年龄在49至81岁的波多黎各成年人中的。结果增加对被认为是不公平待遇的接触与患临床抑郁症风险的可能性更高相关。结果表明，应对策略（例如计划，接受，幽默和宗教信仰）显着减轻了近期不公平待遇与抑郁之间的联系。结论我们的研究结果为开发波多黎各人的文化敏感性疗法提供了指导，该疗法可促进特定类型的应对策略，以减轻不公平待遇的精神负担。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。结论我们的发现为开发波多黎各人的文化敏感疗法提供了指导，该疗法可促进特定类型的应对策略，以减轻不公平待遇的精神负担。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。结论我们的研究结果为开发波多黎各人的文化敏感性疗法提供了指导，该疗法可促进特定类型的应对策略，以减轻不公平待遇的精神负担。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。