Hispanic emerging adults are routinely faced with a variety of cultural stressors that adversely impact mental health and compromise identity development. Given that identity emerges through day-to-day interactions, there is a need to explore the impact of cultural stress on identity development and depressive symptoms at the micro-level (across days). To address these gaps, the current study utilized a 12-day diary study conducted among 792 Hispanic college students (75.9% female, Mage = 20.14 years, SD = 1.85, Range = 18–24 years) to determine the impact of cultural stress on daily identity coherence, identity confusion, depressive symptoms, and the association between identity coherence and confusion and depressive symptoms in this population. Results indicated that Day 1 cultural stress positively predicted average daily depressive symptoms and identity confusion and negatively predicted identity coherence. Finally, cultural stress predicted a stronger daily association between identity confusion and depressive symptoms. As a whole, our findings emphasize the detrimental impact that cultural stressors have on both identity development and depressive symptoms at the daily level. These results are discussed in relation to the specific types of cultural stressors that Hispanic emerging adults face, and the need for appropriate intervention and prevention efforts for this population is emphasized.

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文化压力对西班牙裔大学生身份发展和抑郁的影响

西班牙裔新兴成年人经常面临各种文化压力源，这些压力源会对心理健康产生不利影响并损害身份发展。鉴于身份是通过日常互动产生的，因此有必要在微观层面（跨天）探索文化压力对身份发展和抑郁症状的影响。为了解决这些差距，目前的研究使用了一项为期 12 天的日记研究，该研究在 792 名西班牙裔大学生（75.9% 女性，Mage = 20.14 岁，SD = 1.85，Range = 18-24 岁）中进行，以确定文化压力对日常身份一致性、身份混淆、抑郁症状，以及该人群中身份一致性与困惑和抑郁症状之间的关联。结果表明，第 1 天的文化压力正向预测平均每日抑郁症状和身份混淆，负向预测身份一致性。最后，文化压力预示着身份混淆和抑郁症状之间的日常关联性更强。总的来说，我们的研究结果强调了文化压力源对日常身份发展和抑郁症状的不利影响。这些结果与西班牙裔新兴成年人面临的特定类型的文化压力源进行了讨论，并强调了对该人群进行适当干预和预防工作的必要性。我们的研究结果强调了文化压力源对日常身份发展和抑郁症状的不利影响。这些结果与西班牙裔新兴成年人面临的特定类型的文化压力源进行了讨论，并强调了对该人群进行适当干预和预防工作的必要性。我们的研究结果强调了文化压力源对日常身份发展和抑郁症状的不利影响。这些结果与西班牙裔新兴成年人面临的特定类型的文化压力源进行了讨论，并强调了对该人群进行适当干预和预防工作的必要性。