Everyday discrimination and risk for clinical depression among a community sample of undocumented Latino immigrants in the United States.

abstract

• Undocumented Latino immigrants in the United States face pervasive discrimination that increases their risk for experiencing depressive symptomatology. Although research has linked discrimination to depressive symptoms more broadly, we do not know whether everyday forms of discrimination are associated with elevated risk for clinical depression among this population. Using data collected from a community sample of undocumented Latino immigrants during the 2015 Trump campaign, we found that everyday discrimination was associated with significantly higher odds of being classified as higher risk for clinical depression. Findings indicate everyday discrimination as a risk factor for clinical depression among undocumented Latino immigrants.

authors

• Cobb, Cory

published proceedings

• Psychiatry Res

author list (cited authors)

• Cobb, C. L., Watkins, L., Schwartz, S. J., Romero, S. A., & Martinez, C. R.

complete list of authors

• Cobb, Cory L||Watkins, Lawrence||Schwartz, Seth J||Romero, Sara A||Martinez, Charles R

publication date

• April 2024

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Psychiatry Research  Journal

keywords

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder, Major
• Discrimination
• Emigrants And Immigrants
• Hispanic Or Latino
• Humans
• Mental Health
• Risk Factors
• Unauthorized Immigration
• Undocumented Immigrants
• United States

PubMed Central ID

• 38359474

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115793

start page

• 115793

end page

• 115793

volume

• 334

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115793