Background

Previous literature suggests that acculturative stress is related to anxiety in Latino youth. However, the cognitive mechanisms by which acculturative stress relates to anxiety symptoms in this population are unknown.

Objective

The purpose of the current study was to understand how mindfulness and negative automatic thoughts may be related to acculturative stress and anxiety in Latino youth. In particular, this study examined if mindfulness moderated several pathways including the relationship of acculturative stress to automatic thoughts, automatic thoughts to anxiety, acculturative stress to anxiety, and the indirect effect of acculturative stress on anxiety through negative automatic thoughts (moderated mediation).

Method

In a sample of 272 middle school-aged, first and second-generation immigrant, Latino participants, acculturative stress, negative automatic thoughts, mindfulness, and anxiety symptoms were measured and examined using PROCESS.

Results

Results revealed that mindfulness buffered the relationship of acculturative stress to automatic thoughts; however, mindfulness exacerbated the relationship of acculturative stress to anxiety. Further, a significant moderated mediation effect was found in that mindfulness weakened the relationship of acculturative stress to anxiety symptoms indirectly through automatic thoughts.

Conclusion

Overall, the current study helps to clarify the roles of automatic thoughts and mindfulness in the relationship of acculturative stress and anxiety. It provides preliminary evidence that dispositional mindfulness is associated with less acculturative stress and negative automatic thoughts in Latino youth.

中文翻译：

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探索拉丁美洲青年的适应性压力与焦虑症状的关系

背景

以前的文献表明，适应性压力与拉丁美洲青年的焦虑有关。但是，这种人群中的适应压力与焦虑症状相关的认知机制尚不清楚。

目的

本研究的目的是了解正念和消极的自动念头如何与拉丁美洲年轻人的适应性压力和焦虑有关。尤其是，本研究研究了正念是否缓解了几种途径，包括适应性压力与自动思想的关系，自动性思维与焦虑的关系，适应性压力与焦虑的关系以及适应性压力通过消极的自动思想（中等调解）对焦虑的间接影响。

方法

在272名中学生，第一代和第二代移民的拉丁裔参与者的样本中，使用PROCESS测量并检查了适应性压力，消极的自动想法，正念和焦虑症状。

结果

结果表明，正念缓冲了适应性压力与自动思维之间的关系。然而，正念加剧了适应性压力与焦虑之间的关系。此外，发现显着的中度调解作用在于正念通过自动思考间接削弱了适应性压力与焦虑症状的关系。

结论

总的来说，当前的研究有助于阐明自动思考和正念在适应性压力和焦虑之间的作用。它提供了初步的证据，表明在拉丁裔青年中，性格正念与较少的适应性压力和负面的自动思考有关。