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| Title |
La desesperación in Latino migrant day laborers and its role in alcohol and substance-related sexual risk
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| Published in |
SSM - Population Health , February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.01.006 |
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| Authors |
Kurt C. Organista, Sonya G. Arreola, Torsten B. Neilands |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to better understand the relation between psychological distress and alcohol and substance related sexual risk in Latino migrant day laborers (LMDLs). In addition to examining the roles of depression and anxiety, it was also necessary to examine the role of desesperación, a popular Latino idiom of distress frequently expressed by LMDLs in response to the thwarting of major migration related life goals such as traveling to the U.S. in search of work to support families, projects and purchases in country of origin. Given the structural vulnerability of LMDLs to under-employment and frequent unemployment, LMDLs also refer to desesperación as a prelude to problem drinking, substance use, and sexual risk taking. Hence we developed and validated a scale of desesperación for LMDLs to explore this culturally relevant construct of psychological distress in this unique population of Latinos. Based on a cross sectional survey of 344 LMDLs, this study found that the dissatisfaction subscale of desesperación predicted alcohol-related sexual risk taking, while depression predicted substance-related sexual risk taking. These findings are discussed including implications of preventing alcohol and substance related sexual risk taking in LMDLs. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 43 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 43 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 28% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 8 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 7 | 16% |
| Psychology | 7 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 14% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 23% |
| Unknown | 9 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2016.
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