US Latinos report high levels of emotional distress. Having positive familial and friend social support buffers emotional distress among US Latinos, but thus far no research has been done on social support and ataque de nervios in that population, or on social strain and emotional distress. This paper assesses social support and strain across three relationship types (partner, family, and friends) with three measures of emotional distress (depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios). The sample for partner, family, and friend support included 508 Latino adults 21 and older. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the association of social support and strain with each outcome. As all social support types increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms decreased. Conversely, as each unit of partner and family strain increased, the odds of emotional distress symptoms increased. Increased friend strain was associated with greater odds of depressive and anxiety symptoms only. Social support in all three network types (partner, family, and friend) was associated with a decrease in the odds of emotional distress, assessed as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ataque de nervios.

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美国东北部拉丁美洲人的社会支持，压力和情绪困扰

美国拉美裔人情绪高落。拥有积极的家庭和朋友社会支持可以缓解美国拉丁裔的情绪困扰，但迄今为止，尚未针对该人群的社会支持和爱国主义或社会压力和情绪困扰进行任何研究。本文评估了三种关系类型（伴侣，家人和朋友）的社会支持和压力，以及三种情绪困扰的量度（抑郁，焦虑和爱国主义情绪）。伴侣，家人和朋友支持的样本包括508名21岁及以上的拉丁裔成年人。多变量logistic回归模型用于评估社会支持和压力与每个结果的关联。随着所有社会支持类型的增加，情绪困扰症状的几率降低。相反，随着伴侣和家庭压力的增加，情绪困扰症状的几率增加。朋友压力增加仅与抑郁和焦虑症状的几率相关。在所有三种网络类型（伙伴，家人和朋友）中的社会支持与情绪困扰几率的降低相关，情绪抑郁的几率被评估为抑郁，焦虑和神经衰弱的症状。